Russian forces attack rescuers extinguishing post-strike fire in Chernihiv region

Viacheslav Chaus, head of the Chernihiv Regional Military Administration, announced this on Telegram, Ukrinform reports.

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"Over the past day, the enemy shelled the Chernihiv region 42 times, causing 81 explosions. Twenty settlements were affected. Nizhyn and the Nizhyn district were under a massive attack by enemy drones," Chaus said.

According to him, five people were hospitalized as a result of the shelling. Four of them are State Emergency Service workers who were responding to a fire after one of the enterprises was hit. The Russians struck the site again, injuring four firefighters.

A 59-year-old resident of a village in the Nizhyn district was also wounded and hospitalized in Chernihiv Regional Hospital. A residential house was damaged.

Chaus noted that in the Nizhyn district, critical infrastructure and businesses were targeted by the enemy. In the Novhorod-Siverskyi district, the shelling caused fires in outbuildings.

In several districts, Russian attacks ignited dry grass across an area of nearly ten hectares. The fires have been extinguished.

Photo credit: State Emergency Service