'The city has been bombarded for weeks now with Russian troops closing in and circling it.' AlexCrawfordSky reports from Chernihiv in Ukraine which is now encircled by Russian troops, as the last escape route out of the city is shelled
Those who've made it out alive from the city of Chernihiv in north Ukraine call it"hell" - and fear it's fast turning into another Mariupol by the advancing Russian troops.
Volunteer soldiers and rescue workers were frantically trying to guide people over the last pedestrian bridge connecting Chernihiv to the main route leading to the capital Kyiv. By this stage, the Russian troops had closed in on three sides of the city and overnight had bombed the main transport bridge out.A stream of vehicles, ambulances and emergency teams were racing over a dusty and boggy farmers' field to get to the crossing.
We saw the lines of civilians now spread-eagled on the ground, then quickly pick themselves up and walk with fresh urgency away from their homes and city. But the attacks didn't stop. The Russian troops have spent the past month trying to bulldoze their way through the ancient city which has monuments and churches that date back centuries.
Those who can, make it to the nearby villages and communities just south of the city. But even here, the sounds of shelling and bombings go on through the night. Along with most of the village, we retreat with a group of voluntary soldiers into an old gym basement for the night. Next morning, we head back with them to the open field and towards the pedestrian bridge crossing point. But it's clear Chernihiv has taken a pummelling overnight.
"This is not so serious," he says, motioning towards his leg."I have another wound in my side. It's serious. I can't breathe."A paramedic called Yuri was shelled trying to help civilians evacuate the city. He's got multiple shrapnel injuries and asks the Sky team to help him "I saw destroyed cars….destroyed civilian cars," he explains,"They were all burned out, completely destroyed and there was one dead civilian."This way to Chernihiv, the last route out of the besieged city is now closed as all bridges have been bombed
He told Sky News:"Those are the remains of 220mm 9M27K cluster rockets used by the BM-27 Urugan multiple rocket launcher. It's been used widely across Ukraine. Both sides do operate it but you can tell which direction they were fired from based on which way the ones stuck in the ground are pointing to."
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