2023-08-19 22:52 Compiled by United Daily News Zhou Chenyang / real-time report
The center of the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv was fatally attacked by what it said was a Russian missile on the 19th, killing at least seven people, including a 6-year-old girl, and hitting multiple buildings including a theater. Sources pointed out that the theater hit by the missile was hosting a meeting of drone manufacturers.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky condemned the attack, the BBC reported. He posted a short video on the social media Paper Plane, showing damaged cars and a city square full of debris, and wrote: “In our Chernihiv, Russian missiles hit the city with precision. The centre, a square, the Polytechnic University and a theater, Russia turned an ordinary Saturday into a day of pain and loss. People died, people were injured “.
The acting mayor of Chernihiv, Oleksandr Lomako, posted on “Paper Airplane”, reiterating that the death toll remains at 7, while the number of injured has risen from 90 at the beginning to about 117 at present.
According to reports, images of the attack have appeared on social media. It can be seen that when a woman in a white dress was posing for a photo, the missile hit the building directly behind. The BBC Verification Team (BBC Verify ) has been geolocated to determine that the building is the State Theater. Another surveillance image showed people running for cover as the missile hit the pedestrian zone.
According to posts on the social media platform “X” (formerly known as Twitter) and real-time updates from the BBC, Maria Berlinska, director of the Ukrainian Air Reconnaissance Support Center, pointed out in a Facebook post that the theater that was attacked by a Russian missile was An exhibition of drone manufacturers is being held. Bolinska, who identified herself as the event’s organizer, said attendees only learned of the location a few hours before the opening.
The city center of Chernihiv in northern Ukraine was fatally attacked by an alleged Russian missile on the 19th, killing at least seven people,… Attack, at least 7 dead,…
Lomako confirmed to the BBC that the event was held at a theater and did not suggest that the event had made the theater a target. Moscow has yet to comment on the alleged attack.
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