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The town, which lies near the border with Belarus, is effectively surrounded, local authorities said yesterday, warning that it has become impossible to evacuate civilians or get humanitarian aid to the city as a bridge linking the town with Ukraine's capital to the south has been destroyed by Russian shelling.
Speaking to the national television network, the mayor of Chernihiv, Vladislav Atroshenko, said the situation is particularly critical for 44 wounded people in need of urgent treatment.
They cannot survive here because of the severity of their injuries, they urgently need to be transported, he said.
The mayor added that up to 130,000 people remain in the city without electricity, heating or drinking water supplies and that the city is under heavy Russian bombardment.
According to him, before the war the city's population was about 290,000.
Reuters was unable to independently confirm his statements.
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