A gas pipeline caught fire and at least two people were injured due to the explosion of a Russian drone near a residential building in the city of Chernihiv on the night of 7-8 December.

Source: Dmytro Bryzhynskyi, Head of Chernihiv City Military Administration, on Telegram; State Emergency Service of Ukraine

Quote: "An enemy UAV exploded near a high-rise building. The blast wave shattered windows and doors and damaged cars."

Details: Two people were injured in the strike. They are receiving medical treatment.

A gas pipeline caught fire at the scene. Emergency services are working to deal with the aftermath.

Updated: The State Emergency Service wrote that three people had been injured, one of whom was hospitalised, as a result of a Russian drone falling in Chernihiv.

A high-rise residential building in the city was damaged. Emergency services have extinguished the gas fire.

Background:

• On the night of 7-8 December, Russian forces attacked the Okhtyrka hromada in Sumy Oblast with drones, hitting a high-rise residential building and injuring seven civilians. [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.]
• On 7 December, Russian UAVs were detected over Kyiv Oblast and an air-raid warning was issued in the capital and several Ukrainian oblasts.

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