Chernihiv Oblast

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

Two injured as Russian drone slams into Chernihiv homes

Russian Shahed drone struck a residential area in Chernihiv in the morning, injuring two people, the city military administration head Dmytro Bryzhynskyi reported on Nov. 24.

24 November 2025, 10:53 AM

Russian drones struck Chernihiv Oblast, killing a woman and setting homes and a store on fire

Russian invaders attacked Chernihiv Oblast, killing one person and igniting fires, Ukraine’s State Emergency Service said on Nov. 21.

21 November 2025, 10:47 AM

Russian drones kill two women in Chernihiv Oblast

Two women aged 75 and 72 were killed in a midnight Russian drone attack on the town of Horodnya in Ukraine’s Chernihiv Oblast, regional Governor Vyacheslav Chaus reported on Telegram on Nov. 18.

18 November 2025, 10:40 AM

Russian invaders strike Chernihiv energy facility, causing fire

Russian invaders launched a combined missile and drone strike on critical infrastructure in Chernihiv Oblast, regional governor Vyacheslav Chaus reported on Nov. 8.

8 November 2025, 01:56 PM

Russia attacks energy facilities in Chernihiv and Donetsk oblasts

Russia targeted energy infrastructure in Ukraine's Chernihiv and Donetsk oblasts, prompting scheduled power outages across several areas from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., Ukraine's Energy Ministry reported on Oct. 28.

28 October 2025, 11:58 AM

Russian drone swarm attacks Chernihiv Oblast

Russian forces carried out another overnight drone attack on Ukraine’s northern Chernihiv Oblast, sparking fires and damaging infrastructure, the State Emergency Service (SES) reported early on Oct. 28, posting photos of the aftermath on Telegram.

28 October 2025, 08:50 AM

Ukraine's Chernihiv Oblast faces severe power outages after attacks

Chernihiv Oblast suffered 44 strikes on 22 settlements the previous day, leaving the electricity situation "very complicated" in some municipalities, regional governor Vyacheslav Chaus reported on Oct. 24.

24 October 2025, 02:45 PM

Chernihiv in the dark, rolling blackouts return across Ukraine

In the wake of another Russian attack on the Ukrainian power grid, 140,000 households in Chernihiv Oblast are without power, with rolling blackout schedules introduced across much of the country, Deputy Energy Minister Artem Nekrasov told Ukrainian TV broadcasters on Oct. 22.

22 October 2025, 08:45 PM

Worst power outages in Sumy, Chernihiv oblasts after strikes – Ukrenergo

Most Ukrainian regions switched to emergency power outages after Russia's massive strikes on energy facilities, with the worst situation in the Sumy and Chernihiv oblasts, Ukrenergo reported on Telegram on Oct. 22.

22 October 2025, 01:29 PM

Russia hits Novhorod-Siverskyi with 20 Shahed drones and Tornado missiles, killing four

Russian invaders are heavily shelling Novhorod-Siverskyi in Ukraine’s Chernihiv Oblast, launching about 20 Shahed drone strikes, Oleksandr Seliverstov, head of the local military administration, reported on Oct. 21..

21 October 2025, 07:02 PM

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