Seven people, including a six-year-old child, were killed and 129 were wounded when a Russian missile struck a central square in the historic northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv, Ukraine’s Interior Ministry said on Saturday.
The attack came as people were on their way to church to celebrate a religious holiday, the ministry said.
Of the 129 counted as wounded in the search and rescue operation, there were 15 children and 15 police officers, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said in a Telegram post.
“A Russian missile hit right in the centre of the city, in our Chernihiv. A square, the polytechnic university, a theatre,” Ukrainian President
