Reporter’s Notebook: Ukraine’s Chernihiv devastated after Russian artillery barrage

Residents of Chernihiv, Ukraine, recount coming across dead bodies and devastated residential buildings after Russian troops bombarded the city during the war.

The sad truth is: The invading army didn’t want anything from the people of Chernihiv. They had the misfortune of being a population center between the Belarus border and Russia’s unstated but clear goal of decapitating the Ukrainian government in Kyiv. Rather than bypassing Chernihiv and risk being attacked from the rear, the invading force attempted to beat the town into submission.   Fox News senior strategic analyst Gen. Jack Keane weighs in after Russia hit Kyiv for the first time in weeks and reflects on D-Day 78 years later.

Donets is 76 years old. When family members piled in a car to escape, the car filled up. She opted to let younger family members, with more life ahead of them, go and she stayed behind. Ten of the people who sheltered with her were killed. Disabled people lived in her house. Three of them have died since the invasion.