Chernihiv Oblast

Russian strike on critical Chernihiv Oblast energy facility leaves 380,000 households without power

Russian forces struck an energy facility in the Nizhyn district of Chernihiv Oblast at around 4 a.m. on April 18, leaving approximately 380,000 households without electricity in Chernihiv, Pryluky, Nizhyn, and Slavutych and the Chernihiv, Nizhyn, and Pryluky districts, the regional energy company Chernihivoblenergo reported.

18 April, 11:34 AM

Russia attacks Ukraine with 219 drones overnight, 28 strike targets

Russian troops launched 219 strike drones — including about 150 Shaheds and others of the Gerbera, Italmas and various types — at Ukraine overnight into April 18, the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported.

18 April, 10:47 AM

Russian drones torch two admin buildings in Chernihiv Oblast

Russian forces attacked the center of Pryluky in Ukraine’s Chernihiv Oblast, setting the city council building on fire, public broadcaster Suspilne reported on April 7.

7 April, 04:52 PM

Russian strike knocks out power for thousands in northern Ukraine

More than 10,000 households and businesses were left without electricity following a Russian attack on power grid in Ukraine’s northern Chernihiv Oblast, regional utility provider Chernihivoblenergo reported on Telegram early on April 6.

6 April, 10:20 AM

Russian strikes hit energy sites in Chernihiv, leaving most districts without power

Russian forces struck energy facilities in Chernihiv Oblast overnight, and in the morning, leaving most districts without electricity, regional governor Viacheslav Chaus said on Apr. 6.

6 April, 10:16 AM

Russia drops fake Ukrainian banknotes from drones in northern regions

Ukrainian authorities have recorded cases of Russia using drones to scatter falsified banknotes in the Chernihiv and Sumy oblasts, Acting Sumy Mayor Artem Kobzar and Koriukivka District Military Administration head Pavlo Miroshnychenko reported on April 2.

2 April, 02:05 PM

Russia attacks Chernihiv Oblast, damaging homes and injuring a child

A child was injured and multiple civilian infrastructure sites were damaged in Russia’s drone attacks in Chernihiv Oblast, police said on March 30.

30 March, 12:40 PM

Russian drones damage critical civilian facilities in Chernihiv Oblast

Russian drones attacked Chernihiv, damaging infrastructure, destroying buildings, and leaving one person injured, regional governor Vyacheslav Chaus reported on March 27.

27 March, 01:35 PM

Russian drones devastate school in Chernihiv Oblast

Three Russian Geran attack drones destroyed the Avdiivka Lyceum in Ukraine’s northern Chernihiv Oblast overnight, regional Governor Vyacheslav Chaus reported or March 19, sharing photos of the aftermath on Telegram.

19 March, 12:43 PM

Drone strike hits locomotive in Chernihiv Oblast, people injured

Russian forces attacked civilian railway infrastructure in Chernihiv Oblast, the Ministry for Communities and Territories Development said in a statement on Facebook on March 18..

18 March, 10:14 AM

Russian drone kills 15-year-old girl in Chernihiv Oblast

A 15-year-old girl was killed, and her parents were injured in the Russian attack on Mena municipality in Chernihiv Oblast overnight, local city council reported on March 12.

12 March, 11:26 AM

Ukraine marks 83rd anniversary of one of WWII's largest mass executions

83 years ago — on March 1, 2, and 9, 1943 — in the town of Koriukivka in Chernihiv Oblast, the Nazis carried out one of the largest mass executions of civilians on the Eastern Front of World War II, Ministry of Foreign Affairs wrote on March 3.

4 March, 09:06 AM

Russian agent sentenced to 15 years for planting hidden cameras on Chernihiv rail line

A 31-year-old woman recruited by Russia’s intelligence services was sentenced to 15 years in prison for planting hidden video cameras to help target air strikes on a rail line in Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine’s SBU security service said on Feb. 24.

24 February, 09:49 PM

Russian Geran drones strike Chernihiv Oblast, causing widespread damage

Russian forces attacked Ukraine’s Chernihiv Oblast with drones, with authorities recording 41 shelling incidents and 70 explosions over the past day, regional Gov. Viacheslav Chaus said on Jan. 25.

25 January, 04:23 PM

Russian strike on Nizhyn energy site leaves hundreds of thousands without power

Hundreds of thousands of families were left without electricity in Ukraine’s Chernihiv Oblast after a Russian strike hit an energy facility in the city of Nizhyn overnight, regional Gov. Viacheslav Chaus said on Jan. 24.

24 January, 03:51 PM

Russian attack cripples energy facility in Chernihiv Oblast

A key energy facility in Chernihiv Oblast’s Novhorod-Siverskyi district was damaged by an overnight Russian strike, regional energy company Chernihivoblenergo reported on Facebook early on Jan. 12.

12 January, 09:35 AM

Russian forces strike Chernihiv Oblast with drones: hospital and forestry site targeted, fires erupt — photos

Russian troops attacked a hospital in Semenivka, Chernihiv Oblast, and a forestry site with drones overnight into Jan. 2, according to regional governor Vyacheslav Chaus' report on Telegram.

2 January, 12:50 PM

Russia attacks hospital with three drones in northern Ukraine

Russian occupation forces attacked a hospital in the town of Semenivka, Chernihiv Oblast, with three drones, head of the Novhorod-Siverskyi district military administration Oleksandr Seliverstov reported on Jan. 1.

2 January, 09:40 AM

Russian drone torches police station in Horodnya

A Russian drone hit a police station in the city of Horodnya in Ukraine’s Chernihiv Oblast, the National Police reported on Facebook late on Dec. 14.

15 December 2025, 08:13 AM

Russian Kinzhal missile fragment lands in residential yard in Ukraine's Chernihiv Oblast

A piece of a Russian Kh-47M2 Kinzhal aeroballistic missile fell into the yard of a private home in Chernihiv Oblast’s Nizhyn district, Ukraine's State Emergency Service reported on Nov. 30.

1 December 2025, 11:53 AM

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