Ukraine’s Chernihiv region bombed, 47 civilians killed - UPDATED

Forty-seven died and 18 were wounded in a bombing of Ukraine’s Chernihiv region.

As Report’s eastern Europe bureau informs, of those dead in bombing, 38 are men, 9 are women.

"A car carrying the family of Lyuba Kharechka, one of the heads of the Chernihiv Appellate Court, was shot dead; L. Kharechka and her husband were killed and their son was injured. Attempts are being made to remove them from the scene,” an Azerbaijani eyewitness in Chernihiv said.

On the evening of March 3, the bodies of 33 people were found under the buildings destroyed by the bombing, and 18 wounded men were removed from under the rubble.

Chernihiv is currently under siege, and the debris has not yet been cleared. Two schools in the city were completely destroyed yesterday evening.

A powerful explosion also hit the Ukrainian city of Enerhodar. The details of the incident remain unknown yet.

In addition, it is reported that the shelling of Ukrainian settlements continues. The head of the Luhansk Regional State Administration, Serhiy Haidai, said that the bodies of seven residents were found in Luhansk on March 3. Also, 13 people, including 2 children, were injured.

According to him, communications in Severodonetsk were destroyed and the city was left without gas. Work is underway to restore them: "The Russian military also fired on a multidisciplinary hospital and a center for tourism and ethnography. In addition to Severodonetsk, Borovsky, Zolotoy-4, Lysychansk, Gorny, Popasna, Sirotin, and other settlements were hit last night.