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CHERNIHIV, Ukraine — On a cold and rainy Saturday, Ivan Mekshun and his brother, Volodymyr, were digging through a heap of wood and metal debris that, a month ago, had been their home and ...

Residents of Chernihiv endured a brutal siege for a month before Russian forces withdrew. Amid worries Russia will turn to more siege-like tactics as the war goes on, residents describe what happened.

LVIV, Ukraine — Russian forces have encircled and are laying siege to the ancient city of Chernihiv in northern Ukraine, the mayor said, adding that critical infrastructure for its 300,000 ...

The Siege of Chernihiv. For more than a month, the Russian military pummelled residents with bombing raids and missile fire, turning a locked-in Ukrainian city into an urban death trap. In the ...

Chernihiv, Russian Chernigov, city, north-central Ukraine, on the Desna River, northeast of Kiev. Archaeology suggests a 7th-century origin, although Chernihiv was first mentioned in 907. It was one of the chief towns of Kievan Rus and the centre of a princedom. Its Transfiguration Cathedral dates from 1036. Chernihiv lost importance after the Tatar invasion (1239–40) and remained a minor ...

The Russian military began attacking Chernihiv on February 24, the first day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Human Rights Watch investigated attacks on the city that occurred between ...

Nestled between the Desna and Dnieper rivers, Chernihiv straddles one of the main roads that Russian troops invading from Belarus used February 24 for what the Kremlin hoped would be a lightning ...