UAV event in Chernihiv, Novhorod-Siverskyi area, Ukraine on Thu 6th August 2026

6th August 2026

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Russians attack food processing plant in Chernihiv region.

Russian troops launched a Gerbera drone strike yesterday against a food processing plant in Novhorod-Siverskyi, Chernihiv region.

According to Ukrinform, Viacheslav Chaus, head of the Chernihiv Regional Military Administration, reported this on Telegram.

“Yesterday morning, the enemy struck a food processing plant in Novhorod-Siverskyi with a Gerbera UAV. A 32-year-old woman sought medical help. She is suffering from a hypertensive crisis and is being treated on an outpatient basis,” he wrote.

In addition, according to the head of the Chernihiv Regional Military Administration, private homes in a village in the Novhorod-Siverskyi community were damaged by a Molniya drone attack.

In a village in the Chernihiv district, a house caught fire as a result of a Geran UAV strike. The fire was extinguished. Two more Geran drones struck the village overnight. One of the local enterprises was hit. A workshop was damaged.

Also overnight, a Molniya UAV hit Semenivka. A house caught fire. A 76-year-old woman was injured. Doctors assess her condition as moderate.

As reported by Ukrinform, a wheat field in the Chernihiv region caught fire after a Russian drone crashed.

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