Russian drone crash in Chernihiv region kills child, injures parents

Russian drone crash in Chernihiv region kills child, injures parents

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In the Chernihiv region, a child was killed and her parents were injured after a Russian drone fell.

The State Emergency Service of Ukraine reported this on Facebook, according to Ukrinform.

The incident occurred overnight in the Koriukivka district, where the falling enemy UAV caused a fire in a residential house and an outbuilding. Emergency responders quickly extinguished the blaze.

“A girl born in 2010 was killed. Her parents sustained injuries and were hospitalized,” the statement said.

Psychologists from the emergency service provided assistance to six people, and various emergency units worked at the scene.

Read also: Russian drone attack on Chuhuiv leaves one dead, two wounded

As previously reported by Ukrinform, in the center of Semenivka in the Chernihiv region, four people were injured after a Russian Molniya drone struck a store.

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