Russian Drone Tears Into Residential Building in Chernihiv on Independence Day, Wounding 20

A Russian drone struck an apartment building in central Chernihiv in broad daylight on Ukraine’s Independence Day, injuring 20 people, including two children, and setting the residential building on fire, Chernihiv Regional Military Administration head Viacheslav Chaus said on August 24.

“A cynical strike by Russian terrorists on a residential building in Chernihiv. Right in the middle of the day—on Independence Day,” Chaus said.

City authorities initially reported eight people injured, including two children, ages 12 and 17, who were among those injured.

A 17-year-old girl and an older woman were hospitalized, with the woman reported to be in serious condition. The remaining 18 people received medical assistance and are being treated on an outpatient basis.

The strike sparked a fire inside the apartment building, which emergency crews later extinguished. The building itself sustained damage.

Police explosives experts said preliminary evidence suggested Russia may have used a Geran-5 drone in the attack.

“Another cynical act by the Russians—to launch a drone in broad daylight directly at central Chernihiv. Directly at people,” Chaus said.

Earlier, a Russian attack on the Boryspil district of Ukraine’s Kyiv region killed two people and injured at least eight, including a child.

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