A Russian drone attacked a checkpoint near the village of Novoselivka in the Kyselivka hromada in the Chernihiv district on the afternoon of 15 March. The strike killed one soldier and injured five others, along with a police officer. [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.]

Source: Dmytro Bryzhynskyi, Head of Chernihiv City Military Administration, on social media and in a comment to Suspline, a Ukrainian public broadcaster

Details: Chernihiv City Military Administration said the attack resulted in one fatality and several injuries among military personnel.

A police officer is also known to have been injured.

Quote from Bryzhynskyi: "Unidentified explosive devices dropped from the UAV are still detonating; the appropriate services are working at the scene."

Update: Bryzhynskyi told Suspilne that five service members are known to have been injured as of 16:00. They are currently being treated at medical facilities in Chernihiv. The police officer is suffering from concussion.

Background: On 14 March, two medics were killed near the village of Chervona Khvylia in Kharkiv Oblast due to a Russian attack.

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