3 March 2022 Chernihiv bombing
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| 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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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 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch described the strikes as a war crime.[1][4]
On 3 March 2022, just after 12:00 (UTC+2), six unguided aerial bombs were filmed falling in a residential area in Chernihiv,[5] in a triangular public square formed by Viacheslava Chornovila and Kruhova streets (51°30′00″N 31°16′45″E / 51.5001°N 31.2791°E). Analysis by Amnesty International found that (at least) eight bombs fell.[1] A witness living in Ivana Bohuna Street, Alina, heard a loud buzzing sound before the bombs exploded.[1]
The film of the attack was recorded on a dashboard camera (dashcam). The film shows the six bombs falling and an explosion. Other online media was published showing bodies of the victims, survivors being carried away on stretchers, firemen trying to put out fires in the main apartment complex that had been hit, and cars and trees on fire. Regional Governor Viacheslav Chaus told reporters that two schools were hit.[5]
Ukrainian-born United States Congresswoman Victoria Spartz (IN-R) told reporters that her grandmother lived in a building nearby and the windows had all been destroyed.[6]
The same day, two schools (№18 and №21) and 8 private houses were destroyed, and 7 more houses heavily damaged, in another place in Chernihiv, in the vicinity of Biloruskyi Lane.[7]
