President Volodymyr Zelensky has stated that Russia has not ruled out the theoretical possibility of launching an offensive from Russia’s Bryansk region toward the Chernihiv and Kyiv regions. At the same time, no Russian troops have currently been detected in that area.
A 38-year-old man was injured as a result of a “Banderol” strike on Chernihiv on the evening of August 17. In the Snovsk community, a “Gerbera” strike set fire to 22 metric tons of roughage, machinery, and a warehouse; in the Horodnia community, a grocery store was set ablaze.
On August 17, a power facility in Chernihiv was damaged as a result of an attack by the Russian Federation. More than 10,000 electricity customers are without power.
Russian forces attacked Chernihiv with Geran drones overnight and in the morning of August 13, hitting several locations, including garage cooperatives and a number of businesses.
On Tuesday, August 11, in the Chernihiv region, a factory, a hospital, and private houses were damaged as a result of Russian attacks, and three people were injured.
Over the past 24 hours, Russian troops attacked border communities in Ukraine's Chernihiv region using attack drones, damaging homes, a gas station, outbuildings, vehicles, and energy infrastructure.
Around 8,000 consumers in the Novhorod-Siverskyi district of the Chernihiv region have been left without electricity after a strike hit an energy facility.
Russian troops attacked the village of Masheve in the Semenivka community on the border of the Chernihiv region with Gerbera drones this morning; four people were injured.
In the Chernihiv region, a gas station in the Koriukivka district caught fire after being struck by a Russian drone yesterday evening, July 27. A 21-year-old resident was injured.
The Defense Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) has identified the Russian unit responsible for the strike on an ATB supermarket in Chernihiv, saying the attack was carried out by a Geran-4 jet-powered drone operated by personnel from the GROM Kaskad brigade.
In Chernihiv, cleanup efforts following the attack carried out by the Russian military on the afternoon of July 26 have been completed; two people were killed and another 25 were injured.
Russia's attack on a supermarket in Chernihiv was carried out with a jet-powered drone equipped with a video camera, indicating that the strike on the civilian facility was intentional.