. "2,000 initially (1st Tank Brigade)" . . . . . "laid siege to the oblast capital" . . . . "Siege of Chernihiv" . . . "siege" . "siege of the city" . . . . . "Ukrainian victory" . . "laying seige to the city" . . . . "siege began there" . "200\u2013250 soldiers captured" . "a siege" . "Russia" . . "2022-04-04" . "30,000" . . . . . . "*Ukrainian forces break the encirclement of Chernihiv on 31 March" . "132 soldiers killed" . "siege there" . "Per Ukraine (as of 2 March):" . "the shelling by the Russian occupiers" . . . . "Ukraine" . "Chernihiv" . . . . "Siege of Chernihiv" . . "*Russia withdraws troops fromChernihiv Oblaston 4 April" . "Chernihiv was under siege" . "besieged its administrative capital" . . "during the battles for Chernihiv in February-April 2022" . . .