Kyiv says Iranian-made Shahed drones were used in the aerial assault
\n CHERIHIV
\nSeven people including a 6-year-old child were killed and 90 wounded when a Russian missile struck a central square in the historic northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv, the interior ministry said on Saturday.
\nPeople had been on their way to church to celebrate a religious holiday when the strike took place, the ministry said, adding 12 of the wounded were children and 10 were police officers.
\n\u201cA Russian missile hit right in the center of the city, in our Chernihiv. A square, the polytechnic university, a theater,\u201d President Volodymyr Zelensky, who was on a working visit to Sweden, posted on Telegram.
\n\u201cAn ordinary Saturday, which Russia turned into a day of pain and loss,\u201d he added.
\nA short video accompanying Zelensky\u2019s post showed debris scattered across a square in front of the regional drama theater, where parked cars were heavily damaged. The video also briefly showed a body slouched inside a car.
\nChernihiv is a city of leafy boulevards and centuries-old churches about 145 km (90 miles) north of the capital Kyiv. The interior ministry said the roof of the drama theater had been destroyed in the strike.
\nRussia has attacked Ukrainian cities far from the front line with missiles and drones as part of the invasion it launched in February last year.
\nKyiv\u2019s air force said early on Saturday the Ukrainian military had shot down 15 out of 17 Iranian-made Shahed drones launched by Moscow in an overnight strike.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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