At least 13 people have been killed and another 61 injured in the city of Chornihiv, in northern Ukraine. The impact of the missiles has caused damage to at least 16 homes, according to the head of the city's Military Administration, Oleksandr Lomako.
Unverified videos on social media showed flames and plumes of black smoke rising over the historic city, which is about 150 kilometers from Kyiv. In recent weeks, Russia has stepped up its attacks on Ukrainian cities, targeting the country's energy sector and other critical infrastructure. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has also described the attack as "terrorist" and has called on his Western partners to send more air defense systems so that Ukraine can protect its population from blows like this. He declared on his social networks: "This would not happen if Ukraine received sufficient means of anti-aircraft defense, nor if the world had sufficient determination to confront Russian terror," he declared on Twitter.