Power and gas outages in Chernihiv region following drone attack

Power and gas outages in Chernihiv region following drone attack

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In Novhorod-Siverskyi, Chernihiv region, a nighttime drone strike damaged homes, stores, and power lines; nearly 200 households are without power, and the gas supply is disrupted.

According to Ukrinform, Viacheslav Chaus, head of the Chernihiv Regional Military Administration, reported this on Telegram.

“Overnight, the enemy struck shops in Novhorod-Siverskyi with Geran drones. A fire broke out at the impact site. Firefighters extinguished the blaze. Nearby houses were damaged. The power grid was also damaged. Nearly two hundred households are without power. The gas supply is disrupted,” Chaus reported.

He noted that on the afternoon of March 16, in the Snovsk community, a district court, an agricultural enterprise, residential buildings, and an energy facility were damaged by strikes from attack drones.

The head of the Chernihiv Regional Military Administration specified that, in total, over the past 24 hours, Russian forces shelled border communities in the Chernihiv region 37 times, with 58 explosions reported.

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As reported by Ukrinform, on the night of March 13, Russian forces attacked a historic building in the center of Novhorod-Siverskyi in the Chernihiv region, causing a fire.

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