Ukrainian forces suffer losses in Chernihiv attack

The Ukrainian military has suffered losses following a Russian rocket attack on the Chernihiv region in northern Ukraine, the Interfax-Ukraine news agency has reported.

Shelling hit the village of Honcharivske between 05:25 and 06:30 on Thursday, the agency quotes an official from the Ukrainian General Staff as saying.

"About 20 rockets landed on the positions of our troops," the deputy head of the main operations directorate Oleksiy Hromov says.

He says the launches were made from "the area of the settlement of Zyabravka in the Republic of Belarus".

"There are losses among our personnel, which are being clarified," Hromov adds.

He says this morning's missile attack on the neighbouring Kyiv region hit a military base in Lyutizh, destroying one building and damaging two others.

Hromov adds the strike consisted of six Kalibr cruise missiles, one of which was shot down, launched from the Black Sea area.