Chernihiv, 150 kilometres (90 miles) north of Kyiv towards Belarus, has been largely spared from major attacks since the first months of Russia's invasion as fierce fighting rages in the east and south.

Source: https://www.channelstv.com/2023/08/19/un-condemns-heinous-russian-attack-on-ukraine-city-centre-seven-dead/

Chernihiv city lies 25 miles south of the Russian border.

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2023/08/27/what-are-ukrainian-troops-most-afraid-of-russias-cheap-powerful-glide-bombs/

In March last year, emerged of bodies strewn across a street outside a bakery in the northern city of Chernihiv after coming under fire from Russian forces.

Source: https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/11113856/putin-using-hitler-starvation-tactics-ukraine/

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday vowed stern retaliation for a Russian missile strike in the center of the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv that killed seven people and wounded almost 150 others the day before.

Source: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/aug/20/zelenskyy-vows-retaliation-for-chernihiv-attack-th/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS

STORY: Several people were killed and dozens wounded when a Russian missile struck a central square in the historic northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv on Saturday (August 19).

Source: https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/currency/US-DOLLAR-RUSSIAN-ROUBL-2370597/news/Russian-strikes-on-Ukraine-s-Chernihiv-kill-several-44656457/?utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=20230819

The Kremlin launched strikes at nine of Ukraine's 25 regions, with missiles hitting Sumy, Chernihiv, Kharkiv, Kherson, Mykolaiv, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Luhansk, and Donetsk.

Source: https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/10394621/ukraine-news-latest-russia-war-putin/

The Russians also shelled nine border villages in the provinces of Kharkiv, Sumy, and Chernihiv.

Source: https://www.centralmaine.com/2023/04/10/ukraine-russia-send-home-around-200-troops-in-prisoner-swap/