 Russian missile struck a central square in the historic northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv on Saturday, said the head of the regional administration in Chernihiv, by a Cheslav Chos. People had been on their way to church to celebrate a religious holiday when the strike took place, the Interior Ministry said, adding 12 of the wounded were children and 10 were police officers. Chernihiv is a city of leafy boulevards and centuries-old churches about 145 kilometers north of the capital Kiev. The regional governor said a theater and the surrounding buildings had been destroyed in the strike. Russia has attacked Ukrainian cities far from the front line with missiles and drones as part of the invasion it launched in February last year. The city of Chernihiv is a city of leafy boulevards and centuries-old churches about 145 kilometers north of the capital Kiev.