| Desna barracks airstrike | |
|---|---|
 197 Sergeant Training Center A4224 Village of Desna, Chernihiv Oblast. | |
| Type | Airstrike |
| Target |  Ukrainian Ground Forces |
| Date | May 17, 2022 |
| Executed by |  Russian Air Force |
| Casualties | 131 missing and killed |
On 17 May 2022, an airstrike by the Russian Air Force hit a military barracks in Desna, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine.
Ukrainian authorities initially reported that eight people had died and twelve were wounded, [1] but updated the casualty count a week later when Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that 87 bodies had been recovered. [2] [3] Russian officials said that the military had used "high-precision, long-range missiles." [3] It was reportedly the largest single loss of life in the Ukrainian military in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine up to that point. [4]
In November 2023, the Ukrainian Memory Book Group reported by name the updated toll of the attack to 63 killed, 68 officially missing and 39 wounded. [5]
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