Russian strike on humanitarian demining team in Chernihiv region kills 2, injures 3

Dmytro Bryzhynskyi, the head of the Chernihiv Regional Military Administration, reported the information.

As of 4:04 p.m., two people were confirmed dead and three injured, all receiving medical care.

Earlier, Bryzhynskyi reported explosions within the city and later confirmed that a missile had hit an area near a checkpoint at the entrance to the settlement of Novoselivka. 

At 3:25 p.m., one death and two injuries had been reported.

Bryzhynskyi later clarified that the missile strike targeted humanitarian demining workers conducting mine-clearing operations in the area.

• In the first half of August, Russian occupation forces used Shahed-136 'kamikaze' drones, decoys, and missile strikes sparingly—a pause that may have been tied to the lead-up to the U.S.-Russia presidential meeting in Alaska. But by the second half of the month, attacks on Ukraine’s rear areas resumed at full scale.