Incident during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
3 March 2022 Chernihiv bombing
Part of the Siege of Chernihiv
Unexploded Russian bomb being removed from a building in Chernihiv
Location
Chernihiv, Ukraine
Date
3 March 2022 12:15 PM
Attack type
Airstrike
Deaths
47[1]
Injured
18[2]
Perpetrators
Russian Armed Forces
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Houses on Chornovil Street after the bombingSchool №18, bombed the same day
On 3 March 2022, 47 people were killed in a series of airstrikes in Chernihiv by Russian forces[3] during the siege of the city, during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch described the strikes as a war crime.[1][4]
^ abCite error: The named reference Amnesty_UA_Russian_dumb_bomb was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^"Footage shows aftermath of Russian shelling of Ukrainian city of Chernihiv say". Times of Israel. 4 March 2022. Archived from the original on 4 March 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
^"Death toll from Russian air strikes on Chernihiv city rises to 47, local authorities say". Reuters. 4 March 2022. Archived from the original on 6 March 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
^Cite error: The named reference HRW_RU_airdropped_bombs_residential_area was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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