Zelensky vows revenge over deadly Chernihiv 'terror attack'
President Volodymyr Zelensky has condemned a Russian missile strike in the centre of the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv that killed seven people and wounded over a hundred others the day before.
In a video address in the early hours of Sunday at the end of a visit to Sweden, the Ukrainian leader's first foreign trip since attending a Nato summit in Lithuania last month, he vowed a stern retaliation.
"I am sure our soldiers will respond to Russia for this terrorist attack. Respond tangibly," he said.
He said that of the 144 people injured, 15 were children, and named a six-year-old girl, Sofia, among the dead.
Mr Zelensky said the Russian attack turned an ordinary Saturday into "a day of pain and loss".
The governor of the Chernihiv region, Vyacheslav Chaus, said on Sunday that the total number of people wounded had risen to 148.
According to the latest MOD defence intelligence update, Ukraine is thought to be dusting off Gammon missiles for use in ground attacks.
"This Soviet-era 7.5 tonne, 11-metre long weapon is retired from its air defence role in Ukraine's inventory," it said.
"However, it is now apparently being employed as a ground attack ballistic missile.
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