Chernihiv region

Russian drone strikes in Kharkiv, Kherson, and Chernihiv regions on July 11-12 caused civilian and rescue worker casualties. A fire station in Bohodukhiv and public transport in Kherson were targeted, injuring at least nine people.

Russian drone strikes in the Chernihiv and Kherson regions caused civilian casualties on July 11 and 12. A strike in Koriukivka killed a 44-year-old man and injured three others, including a 12-year-old girl, while additional attacks targeted infrastructure and a passenger minibus in Kherson, injuring bystanders.

Russian attack drones struck Kherson and Chernihiv regions on July 11, injuring five civilians and causing property damage. In Kherson’s Korabelnyi district, four people were injured, including a 53-year-old man with shrapnel wounds. In Chernihiv, one person was hurt, and fires broke out in a home and vehicle.

Belarus has continued a military infrastructure buildup along the Ukrainian border near the Kyiv and Chernihiv regions, according to Ukraine’s State Border Service (DPSU). Ukraine reports no troop concentration but believes Belarus is resisting pressure from Moscow to join the war.

Russian forces launched a massive aerial assault on Ukraine using 229 combat and decoy drones, with Ukrainian air defenses intercepting 212. Fourteen strike drones breached defenses, hitting 11 locations, including a fatal strike in Chernihiv's Koriukivka district that killed one person.

Russian forces conducted near-continuous drone and ballistic missile attacks on Naftogaz infrastructure across Dnipropetrovsk, Chernihiv, Kharkiv, and Poltava regions from May 18-23, damaging critical gas facilities and injuring two employees. An Ukrnafta fuel station was destroyed, and Naftogaz CEO Serhii Koretskiy emphasized the civilian nature of the targeted infrastructure.

Ukraine's SBU security service reported finding depleted uranium in a Russian Geran-2 drone missile used in an attack on the Chernihiv region. Elevated radiation levels were detected on debris from the strike, leading to civilian warnings and a formal investigation into potential war crimes related to radioactive contamination.