Drone Strike Hits Chernihiv Supermarket, Killing Child
Local authorities said four others were injured and one remains in critical condition after the strike on an ATB supermarket.
- On Sunday, a Russian drone struck an ATB supermarket in Chernihiv, killing at least two people, including a child, while Chernihiv City Military Administration head Dmytro Bryzhynskyi reported 20 people sought medical care.
- These daytime strikes coincided with a nationwide aerial bombardment; Russian guided aerial bombs hit Zaporizhzhia, where regional administration head Ivan Fedorov confirmed one death, six injuries, and damage to residential buildings.
- Chernihiv Oblast administration head Viacheslav Chaus identified the dead child as a 9-year-old girl, while the prosecutor's office initiated a pre-trial investigation into the incident as a war crime.
- Calling the strike deliberate terror, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote on Telegram that Russian forces keep "defeating" ordinary civilian objects, renewing his push for tougher sanctions on Moscow.
- The nationwide bombardment also targeted civilian maritime infrastructure in the Black Sea, where Russian drones struck a cargo ship sailing under the flag of Palau, while emergency services continued operations at a burning hypermarket in Kryvyi Rih.
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Russia kills a 9-year-old girl in a Chernihiv supermarket, bombs Zaporizhzhia
Russia struck two Ukrainian cities hundreds of kilometers apart in daytime attacks on 26 July, hitting a supermarket and residential areas and killing civilians including a child, according to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and local officials in Chernihiv and Zaporizhzhia. The local authorities reported deaths and more than a dozen wounded. Zelenskyy called the strikes deliberate terror with no military purpose and renewed his push for tougher s…
Two people, including a nine-year-old girl, were killed in a Russian drone attack on a supermarket in Chernihiv, northern Ukraine, on Sunday. Another 13 people were injured, including a 10-year-old boy. Three of the injured ended up in intensive care, the head of the Chernihiv Military Administration, Vyacheslav Chaus, said.
Among those killed, in particular, a 10-year-old child is also known to have four victims.
The SNS reported that the consequences of the attack on Chernihiv were eliminated, 2 people were killed, including a child, another 25 people were injured
A Russian drone struck a supermarket in the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv on Sunday, killing two people and wounding 13 others, the city's military chief, Dmytro Bryzhynskyi, said. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi condemned the attack. One of the victims of the attack on Chernihiv was a 10-year-old child.
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