A Russian missile strike killed and injured more than 70 people in the city of Chernihiv in northern Ukraine – an attack that could have been prevented if Ukraine was provided with better air defenses, President Volodomyr Zelensky said.
At least 14 people were killed in the strike and 61 others were injured, including two children, Ukraine’s emergency services said. Rescue operations are underway as police search for survivors under the rubble.
Three missiles hit the outskirts of Chernihiv, north of the capital Kyiv, at about 9 a.m. local time (2 a.m. ET) on Wednesday, damaging an eight-story building, a four-story building, a hospital and a higher education institute, Ukrainian officials said. CNN has geolocated the eight-story building as the Hotel Profspilkovyi.
Video from inside the hospital showed shattered glass strewn across hospital beds and doors blown off their hinges as staff evacuated the smoke-filled corridors. Another video showed civilians taking cover next to a bus stop as smoke rose in the distance and another missile struck the buildings.
