💥 Attack

A triple missile attack by Russia struck Chernihiv, Ukraine, killing one person and injuring seven.

January 3, 2025 Chernihiv, Chernihiv Oblast

Verified Independently confirmed by 4 sources

Kyiv Post UNIAN Institute for the Study of War Kyiv Independent

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Entities

Chernihiv Regional Military Administration (RMA) (organization) Dmytro Bryzhynsky (person) Russian forces (military_unit) Russian Armed Forces (organization) Iskander-M missile (weapon_system) Residential buildings (location) Russia (organization) Iskander-M (weapon_system) Vyacheslav Chaus (person) Ukraine's Air Force (military_unit) Oleksii Halionka (person) Chernihiv (location)

Source Reports

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Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

One person was killed and seven injured in the Russian missile attack.

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

On January 3, 2025, Russian army shelled Chernihiv with a grouped missile strike.

Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: certain

Russian forces conducted three missile strikes on a single residential building on the outskirts of Chernihiv City within just a few hours on the afternoon of January 3, damaging the surrounding houses and killing one civilian.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Russian forces launched three Iskander-M ballistic missiles at Chernihiv Oblast, killing a 72-year-old man and injuring four people

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Extracted: 2026-02-16T21:57:11.950Z

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