War in Ukraine: Families run for cover as Russian air strikes hit Chernihiv

There are no military targets here, there is only a cemetery, residential buildings, clinics and a hospital

At least 47 people died in Chernihiv, according to Ukrainian emergency services, after aerial attacks damaged high-rise apartments buildings, clinics and a hospital and sent residents fleeing into the streets and to underground bunkers.

"We can hear the sounds right now of air strikes nearby," said Svitlana, 40, who was hiding on Friday morning under her dining table with her two children, aged six and three, and her neighbours in a five-floor apartment building. An apartment building 500m away was destroyed on Thursday, she said.

Qazet.az reports: "There are no military targets here, there is only a cemetery, residential buildings, clinics and a hospital, why are they bombing us?" Svitlana said.

Svitlana's apartment sits just 50m from a children's hospital which treats cancer patients. She said children from the oncology ward had been taken to a shelter between the two buildings, but medical staff were not able to create a sterile environment there and were struggling to find a way to evacuate the children.

Reached on Friday morning, Sergey Zosimenko, a charity worker supporting the hospital, told the BBC that the staff were in the process of attempting an evacuation.