Ukraine: Residents of Chernihiv left devastated as houses set on fire by Russian shelling

A Ukrainian woman has been left devastated as Russian shelling destroyed her home in Chernihiv.

Footage broadcast by a local TV channel shows houses burning close to the city, with residents in tears over the scenes.

"We barely managed to escape alive, including a mother and a child. Everything was burning around us," one woman said of the devastation.

"We are left with nothing. Russian b******* what are you doing?"

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