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Chernihiv

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[cher-ni-hiv, cher-nee-heev] / ˈtʃɛr nɪ hɪv, tʃɛrˈni hiv /
Also Chernigiv
  1. a city in northern Ukraine, on the Desna River.


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The Chernihiv region shares a border with both Russia and Belarus, giving the air defences here less time to react to any incoming attacks.

From BBC Oct. 21, 2025

Andriy Podorvan, the deputy head of the Chernihiv Regional Military Administration, told the BBC that it was part of a pattern across much of the country, with things getting much worse in recent months.

From BBC Oct. 21, 2025

“We’ve faced this danger before. But we are more prepared this year,” said Bryzhynsky, the military administrator in Chernihiv.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 20, 2025

Tetiana Torba was one of several residents sitting at a resilience center in a northern district of Chernihiv one evening this week.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 20, 2025

The military did not say where the training ground was located, although one Ukrainian war reporter, Andrei Taplienko, said it was in the Chernihiv region north of Kyiv which borders both Russia and Belarus.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2025

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