The Mayor of Ukraine’s northern city of Chernihiv which was bombed by Russian forces on Saturday, has confirmed that children were among those severely wounded and trapped in the city, IgbereTV reports
In a statement on national television, Mayor Vladyslav Atroshenko, said nearly 44 people were in need of urgent evacuation but lamented that presently, leaving the city was impossible amid the intensive Russian air raids.
“The injured could not be evacuated to safer areas for emergency treatment since the city had been cut off by Russian forces,” Atroshenko said late on Saturday