FILE PHOTO: People walk on a main square as smoke after shelling rises in the background amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine continues, in Chernihiv, Ukraine March 14, 2022. REUTERS/Oleh Holovatenko
March 17, 2022
LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – Losses are mounting in the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv, with 53 people killed by Russian forces on Wednesday alone, the regional governor said on Thursday.
“We are suffering heavy losses – 53 citizens were killed yesterday,” Governor Viacheslav Chaus said.
The information could not immediately be verified. Russia denies targeting civilians.
(Reporting by Pavel Polityuk, Editing by Timothy Heritage)
Source: One America News Network
