Large parts of Chernihiv have been without electricity throughout October due to Russian strikes on energy infrastructure, with city officials unable to predict when power will be restored as repair crews work under ongoing Russian drone activity.
Russian strike drones damaged an agricultural enterprise building storing grain in Novhorod-Siverskyi, Chernihiv Oblast, on the morning of 7 Oct., with no casualties reported
A Russian drone operation targeted a Chernihiv neighborhood with fake currency leaflets on 6 Sept., offering monetary rewards to residents willing to provide coordinates of Ukrainian military positions
Russian President Vladimir Putin refused to attend peace talks in Istanbul today, sending instead the same delegation that demanded Ukraine's surrender in 2022.
In Kharkiv, Odesa, Zaporizhzhia and beyond, civilian infrastructure was targeted - medical facilities, food storage, residential buildings. Ukrainian air defenses shot down 40 of 62 Shahed drones, but the destruction is widespread.
Russian Colonel General Evgeny Nikiforov initiated the order chain that resulted in a deadly missile strike on Chernihiv's drama theater during a drone exhibition in August 2023, Ukraine's security service reports.
As Russian sources report Ukrainian ground movements in Belgorod's Krasnoyaruzhsky district, the Ukrainian military has conducted a precision strike against a critical command node supporting operations along the northeastern front.
Russian attack across Ukrainian oblasts damaged homes in Kyiv Oblast with furniture store ablaze; hit Chernihiv villages; injured a man in Dnipro drone attack;