Five folks have been killed and 37 wounded when a Russian missile struck a central sq. within the northern Ukrainian metropolis of Chernihiv, the inside ministry stated on Saturday.

People had been on their technique to church to have fun a spiritual vacation when the strike passed off, the ministry stated, including that 11 of the wounded have been kids.

“A Russian missile hit right in the centre of the city, in our Chernihiv. A square, the polytechnic university, a theatre,” President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who was on a working go to to Sweden, posted on Telegram.

“An ordinary Saturday, which Russia turned into a day of pain and loss,” he added.

A brief video accompanying Zelenskiy’s publish confirmed particles scattered throughout a sq. in entrance of the regional drama theatre, the place parked vehicles have been closely broken. One physique may be briefly seen within the video slouched inside a automotive.

Russia has attacked Ukrainian cities removed from the entrance line with missiles and drones as a part of its full-scale invasion launched February 2022.