The Latest Breaking News from Chernihiv

Russia says it will reduce military activity near Ukraine capital

Russia says it will ‘fundamentally cut back military activity’ around Kyiv and Chernihiv after Ukraine talks.

Al Jazeera · Mar 29, 2022

Russia says it will ‘fundamentally cut back’ operations near Kyiv and Chernihiv

Moscow claimed the move was intended to ‘increase trust’ in talks between Russia and Ukraine

Evening Standard · Mar 29, 2022

Russia to 'drastically reduce' attacks on Kyiv amid hopes of Putin and Zelensky meeting

Today's talks in Istanbul were the first face-to-face meeting between the sides since March 10 and follows more than a month of fighting

Daily Mirror · Mar 29, 2022

Woman of 90 and daughter flee Ukrainian city of Chernihiv just in time

Ninety-year-old Olha Moliboha and her daughter managed to get out of the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv just in time.

Reuters · Mar 26, 2022

Children among severely wounded trapped in Ukraine’s Chernihiv

Mayor Vladyslav Atroshenko says 44 people are in need of urgent evacuation but leaving the city is impossible.

Al Jazeera · Mar 26, 2022

Children among 44 severely wounded people trapped in Ukraine's Chernihiv city - mayor

The mayor of Ukraine's northern city of Chernihiv said on Saturday 44 severely wounded people, including three children, could not be evacuated to safer areas for treatment since the city had been cut off by Russian forces.

Reuters · Mar 26, 2022

Shelled City in North Ukraine Fears Becoming 'Next Mariupol'

Like many residents of Ukraine's besieged city of Chernihiv, linguistics scholar Ihar Kazmerchak spends his nights in a bomb shelter and starts his day lining up for the little potable water authorities have left to hand out. Surrounded by Russian forces and under constant bombardment, the northern city known for…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 26, 2022

Institute for Study of War says Russians unable to secure Kyiv attack positions – as it happened

Think tank says ‘increasingly static nature of the fighting reflects incapacity of Russian forces rather than any shift in Russian objectives or efforts’

The Guardian - AU · Mar 26, 2022

Latest Ukraine updates: Five wounded in Russian attack on Lviv

Ukraine war news from March 26: Regional governor Maksym Kozytsky says two missile attacks wounded at least five people.

Al Jazeera · Mar 25, 2022

'Humanitarian catastrophe' unfolding in Chernihiv as Russian forces target food storage, thousands flee

There are fears the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv could become the next Mariupol following the destruction of a crucial route for aid, food and evacuees.

ABC News · Mar 25, 2022