The Latest Breaking News from Chernihiv

Russian forces fire barrage of missiles at northern Ukraine from Belarus

Strikes hit Chernihiv region as well as locations outside Kyiv and around city of Zhytomyr, say officials

The Guardian - UK · Jul 28, 2022

Russia steps up strikes on Ukraine amid counterattacks

Russian forces have launched massive missile strikes on the Kyiv and the Chernihiv regions, areas that haven’t been targeted in weeks

The Independent UK · Jul 28, 2022

Ukraine grain storage crisis hits home as farmers harvest new crops

Ukrainian farmer Mykola Tereshchenko hopes to start harvesting his wheat fields this week, but the smallholder in northern Ukraine has nowhere to store the grain.

Reuters · Jul 19, 2022

Bodies of 87 found as Ukraine suffers biggest single death toll from Russian strike

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said 87 bodies were discovered under the ruins of the Desna training centre following a Russian missile attack

Daily Mirror · May 23, 2022

Chernihiv residents recall dramatic downing of Russian fighter jet

In the first weeks of Russia’s Ukraine invasion, residents of Chernihiv were shaken by heavy gunfire followed by billowing black smoke. Ukrainian forces had shot down a Russian fighter jet, whose two pilots parachuted into the northern city. It was a dramatic day at the critical start of a war…

France 24 · May 23, 2022

HRW documents ‘apparent war crimes’ by Russian forces in Ukraine

Leading US-based rights group says Russian forces had subjected civilians to summary executions, torture in two regions.

Al Jazeera · May 18, 2022

Russia continues to bomb schools, bringing war crimes scrutiny

The International Criminal Court, prosecutors across the globe and Ukraine’s prosecutor general are investigating more than 8,000 reports of potential war crimes in Ukraine.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 17, 2022

Russia 'could swap Ukrainian steel plant siege heroes with imprisoned officers'

Even as hundreds of soldiers evacuated their Mariupol bunker, Russian forces continued to pound Ukraine with missiles, killing ten civilians and injuring three in a strike on Chernihiv

Daily Mirror · May 17, 2022

Russian air strike kills eight in northern Ukraine - emergency service

Eight people were killed and 12 wounded in a Russian air strike on the village of Desna in the northern Ukrainian region of Chernihiv on Tuesday, the regional emergency service said.

Reuters · May 17, 2022

Ukrainian servicemen load bodies of Russian soldiers onto refrigerated rail cars

Ukrainian military authorities loaded the bodies of Russian soldiers collected after fighting in the Kyiv and Chernihiv regions onto refrigerated rail cars on Friday.

Reuters · May 13, 2022