Russians launch drone strike on Chernihiv region this morning; father and his child injured

Russians launch drone strike on Chernihiv region this morning; father and his child injured

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In the town of Borzna, Chernihiv Region, a private home caught fire as a result of a morning drone attack by the Russians; the homeowner and his 14-year-old daughter were injured.

This was reported on Telegram by Viacheslav Chaus, head of the Chernihiv Regional Military Administration, according to Ukrinform.

“Early this morning, a Gerbera drone attacked a residential home in Borzna, Nizhyn district. The house caught fire. A 45-year-old man was injured, and his 14-year-old daughter is suffering from an acute stress reaction. Medical personnel provided them with on-site assistance. They are receiving outpatient treatment," Chaus said.

In addition, on the morning of June 22, the Russians struck the grounds of a lyceum in Novhorod-Siverskyi with a combat drone, shattering windows and doors, he added.

The head of the Regional Military Administration noted that over the past 24 hours, Russian troops had been shelling the Novhorod-Siverskyi district with drones. In particular, windows in homes were damaged by a drone strike in a village in the Ponornytsia community. In a village in the Korop community, dry grass caught fire. A Molniya-type drone strike on a village in the Semenivka community damaged a tractor and a farm building. In Semenivka itself, FPV drones attacked a sawmill, a railway station building, a private home, and a passenger car.

In Oster, a house’s roof was damaged as a result of a Russian attack.

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Chaus added that there were also strikes on energy infrastructure.

As reported by Ukrinform, on June 18, Russian troops attacked the border areas of the Chernihiv region with drones, damaging a school building and a cultural center.

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