Two 15-year-old girls killed and 23 injured, including a baby, in Russian attack on central Chernihiv

Two 15-year-old girls have been killed and 23 people injured, including four children, in a Russian attack on central Chernihiv. A ten-month-old baby girl is among those injured.

Source: press service for Chernihiv City Council; Dmytro Bryzhynskyi, Head of Chernihiv City Military Administration; Viacheslav Chaus, Head of Chernihiv Oblast Military Administration; National Police of Ukraine

Update: According to police reports as of 13:30, the Russian attack killed two 15-year-old girls and injured another 23 people. Among those injured are a ten-month-old baby, a child aged 10 and two teenagers aged 16 and 17.

Details: Bryzhynskyi later added that civilians, who were going to work and running errands, had been caught up in the attack on the city centre.

Chaus reported that the Russians struck the centre of Chernihiv with a Banderol drone-launched cruise missile in broad daylight when the streets were crowded. Two girls, both aged 15, were killed.

Quote from Chaus: "Sadly, two people are already known to have been killed. They are just young girls. They were only 15."

Details: The Russian strike damaged shops, homes and cars. Some of the cars caught fire.

Earlier, Bryzhynskyi reported 15 people had been injured, including three children. At that point, eleven of those injured had been taken to city hospitals, while four received medical assistance at the scene.

Emergency services are working at the site of the attack. The police are documenting the damage caused and gathering evidence of a war crime.

The police reported that they would open a pre-trial investigation under Article 438 of Ukraine's Criminal Code, which covers war crimes.

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