CNN —At least seven people died including a six-year-old girl and 90 others were injured after a Russian missile strike hit a central square in the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv, Ukrainian officials said.
Saturday’s strike – in a city close to the Russian border and far from the frontlines – hit a theater and a university.
An emergency service worker stands at the site of a Russian missile strike in Chernihiv.
Vladyslav Savenok/ReutersThe aftermath of a Russian missile strike.
Vladyslav Savenok/ReutersUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the attack turned “an ordinary Saturday… into a day of pain and loss.”“A Russian missile hit right in the center of the city, in our Chernihiv.
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