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Chernihiv: Russian missile strike kills seven and injures 129, Ukraine says

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BBC News:

Seven people, including a six-year-old child, were killed when a Russian missile struck a theatre in the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv, officials said.

Fifteen children were among 129 people wounded, the interior ministry said. At least 25 people were in hospital.

Among the victims were people who had been celebrating an Orthodox holiday at church, the ministry said.

A main square and a university building were also damaged in the attack.

The UN called it “heinous”.

The city’s imposing theatre was hit directly. Tiles were blown off the roofs of neighbouring buildings with one catching fire 100 metres away.

The theatre was hosting a gathering of drone manufacturers, Oleksandr Lomako, acting mayor of Chernihiv, told the BBC.

He called the attack “a terrorist attack” and a “war crime”.

Chernihiv is located around 50km (31 miles) from the border with Belarus. It was besieged by Russia at the beginning of the invasion.

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