Fifty-three civilians have been killed in Russian shelling in Chernihiv over the past 24 hours, Viacheslav Chaus, head of Chernihiv Regional State Administration, said this in a statement posted on Facebook, APA reports citing Ukrinform.
"The enemy is exposing the city to systemic artillery and air strikes, destroying the civilian infrastructure of Chernihiv. Over the past 24 hours, 53 bodies of victims killed by the Russians have been brought to the morgue," Chaus said.