A Russian missile strike killed and injured more than 70 people in the city of Chernihiv in northern Ukraine – an attack that could have been prevented if Ukraine was provided with better air defenses, President Volodomyr Zelensky said.
At least 14 people were killed in the strike and 61 others were injured, including two children, Ukraine’s emergency services said. Rescue operations are underway as police search for survivors under the rubble. Three missiles hit the outskirts of Chernihiv, north of the capital Kyiv, at about 9 a.m. local time on Wednesday, damaging an eight-story building, a four-story building, a hospital and a higher education institute, Ukrainian officials said.
“This would not have happened if Ukraine had received a sufficient number of air defense systems and if the world’s determination to counter Russian terror had been sufficient,” Zelensky said. “The Ukrainian determination is sufficient. There must be equally sufficient determination from our partners and, as a result, sufficient support.
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