Russian missiles northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv, killing 17 people

(17 Apr 2024)
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Chernihiv, Ukraine - 17 April 2024
1. Various of local residents cleaning shop that was damaged by a shockwave
2. Various of woman's body ++GRAPHIC++
3. Vyacheslav Chaus, the governor of Chernihiv region, near site that was shelled
4. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian), Vyacheslav Chaus, governor of Chernihiv region:
“Everyone (who needs it) is getting medical help now. We established a command unit, as well as the proper function of all the services: rescuers, national police, medics, utility services, that are very important. Also, volunteers arrived instantly. The main goal for today is to clear the rubble as fast as possible and to conclude the rescue operation. We continue our work.”
5. Close up of blood seen on the bricks of the hotel, which was destroyed in Russian attack
6. Various of damaged hotel, emergency workers clearing debris and looking for survivors
7. Wide of rescue dog searching on a site of attack
8. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Maryna Serdiuk, head of rescue dog training department:
“As you see search operations continue, people could be (under the rubble), in the places, which we marked, already one body was found. And in the other places, which we marked, a search operation is going on.”
9. Wide of rescue dog searching
10. Wide of rescuers looking for people shot through the window of hotel’s damaged kitchen
11. Sink covered with blood in the kitchen of hotel, which was destroyed
12. Rescuers walking inside the hotel, which was destroyed
13. Various of rescuers looking for people
14. Broken tables in front of hotel, which was destroyed
15. Various of person holding fragments of missile with words written in Russian
16. Forensic and police team members inspecting body of woman
17. Various of rescue psychologists comforting relative of woman
18. Police carrying body inside vehicle
19. Relative crying and walking from site of Russian attack
STORYLINE:
Three Russian missiles slammed into a downtown area of the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv on Wednesday, hitting an eight-floor apartment building and killing at least 17 people, authorities said.

At least 61 people, including three children, were wounded in the morning attack, Ukrainian emergency services said, as rescue workers searched through partially demolished buildings and tall mounds of rubble.

Chernihiv lies about 150 kilometers (90 miles) north of the capital, Kyiv, near the border with Russia and Belarus, and has a population of around 250,000 people.

The latest Russian bombardment came as the war has stretched into its third year and approaches what could be a critical juncture.

A lack of further military support from Ukraine’s Western partners increasingly leaves it at the mercy of the Kremlin’s bigger forces.

AP video shot by Alex Babenko

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