Family with four-year-old baby comes under fire in Chernihiv region

A family with a four-year-old child came under shelling in the Semenivka community, Chernihiv region, this morning.

Chernihiv region governor Viacheslav Chaus announced this on Telegram, Ukrinform reports.

"Today's shelling of the border area in the Chernihiv region injured civilians in the Semenivka community. A family with a four-year-old child was injured. The man suffered shrapnel wounds and was treated at a local hospital. His daughter is being transported to the regional hospital where she is awaiting surgery," Chaus wrote.

According to him, the four-year-old boy was not injured by the shelling.

The family came for the weekend to visit their relatives in a border village and came under enemy fire while leaving the house.