Two people killed and energy infrastructure damaged in Russian attacks on Chernihiv Oblast on Christmas Eve – photos

Russian drone attacks on Chernihiv Oblast on 24 December killed two people, damaged energy facilities and hit industrial sites.

Source: Viacheslav Chaus, Head of Chernihiv Oblast State Administration on social media; Pavlo Miroshnychenko, Head of Koriukivka District Military Administration on social media

Quote from Chaus: "Chernihiv Oblast has marked Christmas under fire. Sadly, two people have been killed. Two more have been injured.

The Russians have again struck at energy facilities and everyday life.

There have been several strikes on Chernihiv. A Geran [drone] has hit one of the businesses. An administrative building, a garage, cars and a passenger bus have been damaged."

A devastated flat is strewn with rubble after an explosion tore a large hole through the wall

Photo: National Police of Ukraine

Details: A strike drone also hit an apartment in an eight-storey building, setting fire to a home on the fifth floor and cars parked nearby. Windows were blown out in neighbouring buildings, including an educational institution.

There were several Geran drone hits on energy facilities, leaving tens of thousands of consumers without power.

Flames burn across a darkened rooftop area

In the Chernihiv district, a Geran drone struck a gardening association, damaging windows in several houses.

In a village in the Snovsk hromada, an FPV drone hit an energy facility, leaving several settlements without electricity. [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.]

A blaze glows through thick smoke above a row of buildings at night

Pavlo Miroshnychenko said that a Russian drone struck a lorry in one village in the hromada during the day. The driver of a timber truck, a 62-year-old local man, was killed.

Firefighters climb a ladder to a lit upper-floor window of a damaged brick building at night

Miroshnychenko added that in the evening, the Russian forces launched a large-scale strike on a food industry site in the Snovsk area, causing heavy damage. A 37-year-old woman suffered minor injuries.

Two firefighters in protective gear tackle a blaze inside a damaged building

Photo: State Emergency Service of Chernihiv Oblast

An FPV drone also hit a civilian car in a village in the Novhorod-Siverskyi district, killing a 39-year-old male driver. A female passenger was taken to hospital and is in a stable condition under medical supervision.

A firefighter in a bright helmet battles a fire, blasting water into heavy smoke and flames amid debris at the scene

Photo: State Emergency Service of Chernihiv Oblast

A Russian Molniya drone hit a former hotel in the city of Semenivka.

A damaged yellow bus and several wrecked cars sit amid debris in a parking area in the aftermath of the Russian strike on Chernihiv Oblast

Photo: National Police of Ukraine

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