Two people, including a nine-year-old girl, were killed in a Russian drone strike on an ATB supermarket in Chernihiv. The number of people injured has risen to 13, including a ten-year-old boy.
Updated details of the attack were provided by Chernihiv City Military Administration head Dmytro Bryzhynskyi and Chernihiv Regional Military Administration head Viacheslav Chaus.
According to Bryzhynskyi, the 13 injured include four men and nine women. Three people were hospitalized, while the others received outpatient treatment and were allowed to return home.
Chaus, meanwhile, said three of the injured were in intensive care. Medical teams are providing them with the necessary assistance.
One of the Russian drones struck the supermarket. Vehicles and a service station were damaged at other strike sites.
Emergency services are working at the affected locations. Information about the consequences of the attacks is still being clarified.
Zelenskyy: The strike had no military purpose
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described the attack on the Chernihiv supermarket as a cynical strike against civilians.
“The Russians continue to ‘defeat’ ordinary civilian sites. An absolutely cynical drone strike on an ordinary supermarket in Chernihiv. They attacked people directly, without any military purpose,” he said.
The president expressed condolences to the relatives of those killed and said assistance was being provided to the injured.
Zelenskyy also mentioned a Russian aerial bomb attack on Zaporizhzhia, which killed one person and injured another.
“This is deliberate Russian terror that has no military justification. Stronger sanctions against Russia are needed, along with more support for Ukraine, more means to protect our skies and more capabilities for our warriors,” the president said.
What is known about the attack on Chernihiv
Explosions were heard in Chernihiv during the afternoon of July 26. The city military administration later reported that a Russian drone had fallen on an ATB supermarket in the ZAZ district.
Initially, one injured person was reported. Authorities later said two people had been killed and four injured, before the number of injured rose to 13.
Earlier the same day, another Russian drone struck a business in Chernihiv. A fire broke out at the site, but no casualties were reported at the time.
