Airstrike on Novhorod-Siverskyi: three dead, 19 wounded

ROMAN PETRENKO, KATERYNA TYSHCHENKO — THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2022, 21:46

The Russians launched an airstrike on Novhorod-Siverskyi, Chernihiv Oblast, at night, killing three people and injuring 19.

Source: "Pivnich" (North) Operational Command; Andrii Podorvan, adviser to the head of Chernihiv Oblast Military Administration, on Hromadske

Details: Russian troops fired several rockets at a local school and boarding school.

Some administrative buildings were also damaged: the Novhorod-Siverskyi District State Administration, student accommodation at a medical college, Shop No. 10, and some private houses that were located near the epicentre of the blasts.

Initially, it was reported that 3 people were killed and 12 injured as a result of the incident.

Later Andrii Podorvan, adviser to the head of the Chernihiv Oblast Military Administration, said on the Hromadske channel that the number of people injured by the airstrikes on Novhorod-Siverskyi had gone up to 19, while the number of deaths remained three.

Background: The Russians launched several airstrikes on schools in the city of Novhorod-Siverskyi, killing and injuring several people.