AT least 10 people have died after Russian troops reportedly opened fire on Ukrainian civilians queueing for bread in the northern city of Chernihiv.

Horror footage shows bodies lying on the ground after Russian soldiers allegedly shot them outside a bakery in the city.

A reporter for Ukrainian publication Suspilne on the ground in Chernihiv first shared the video online.

The alleged shooting took place on Wednesday at around 10am local time (8am UK time), according to Suspilne, which means Public.

It wrote: "In Chernihiv, in one of the city's dormitories, Russian troops fired on people standing in line for bread.

"This was reported by the correspondent of Public from the scene.

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"According to her, the shelling took place on March 16 around 10am. The shelling killed at least 10 civilians."

The US Embassy in Kyiv has also reported on the alleged massacre.

"Today, Russian forces shot and killed 10 people standing in line for bread in Chernihiv," it tweeted.

"Such horrific attacks must stop. We are considering all available options to ensure accountability for any atrocity crimes in Ukraine."

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It comes as Russian soldiers were filmed apparently shooting dead a Ukrainian civilian in cold blood as he held his hands up and surrendered.

The distressing clip shows the man getting out of his car and surrendering before dropping to the ground almost immediately.

German broadcaster ZDF, which obtained the drone footage, reports that the incident appears to have taken place on the afternoon of March 7, on the E40 expressway outside Kyiv.

The video shows a Russian tank parked near a petrol station while a man in a silver vehicle turns his car around and stops.

He can be seen getting out of the car with his hands up – but a few moments later he drops to the ground after being shot.

The footage later showed a woman and a child who were also travelling with the man being led by soldiers into a nearby forest but it remains unclear what happened to them, ZDF said.

Russian soldiers can be seen approaching the man and then dragging his body to the side of the road.

The outlet spoke to the operator of the drone, a Ukrainian volunteer with the "Bugatti Company".

He showed them the device, a Mavic III, and said he had been tasked with observing Russian positions on the E40 highway.

Reports claim the silver hatchback was later burnt.

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Chernihiv, in the north of Ukraine just over 40 miles from the border with Belarus, has been battered with successive Russian attacks since the start of the war.

Earlier this month, one attack in the city killed 47 people as Russian shelling reduced blocks of flats to smouldering ruins.

Chilling video filmed in the aftermath showed bodies strewn across the streets in one of the hardest-hit regions of the conflict.

Terrifying dashcam footage caught the moment Russian bombs slammed into the apartment blocks after flying overhead.

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Amnesty International has claimed that the attack on March 3 in a small public square may constitute a war crime.

According to the charity, there is no identifiable legitimate military target close to the site of the attack.

The attack is thought to have been carried out using at least eight unguided aerial bombs – known as "dumb bombs".

Amnesty International believes the majority of the victims were queueing for food when the missiles struck, based on satellite imagery taken on February 28.

"The airstrike that hit the streets of Chernihiv shocks the conscience. This was a merciless, indiscriminate attack on people as they went about their daily business in their homes, streets, and shops," Joanne Mariner, Amnesty International’s Crisis Response Director said.

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"This shocking attack is one of the deadliest that the people of Ukraine have endured yet.

"The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court should investigate this air strike as a war crime.

"Those responsible for such crimes must be brought to justice, and victims and their families must receive full reparation."

Vladimir Putin has continued to insist that Russian forces are not targetting civilians and that only military sites are being hit.

While showing Australian journalist Chris Reason around his shell-ravaged city, Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko, the former world heavyweight boxing champion, hit out at the Russian president's claims.

"Bulls**t," Klitschko said, before adding, "sorry," and gesturing towards a destroyed apartment building behind him.

"Where is military target?" he asked, pointing at the block. "This building is military target?"

Thousands of civilians have been killed so far in Russia's invasion of Ukraine, with scores of residential buildings, hospitals, and schools hit by the Kremlin's airstrikes.

On Tuesday, Russian troops took hundreds hostage in a Mariupol hospital.

Deputy Mayor Sergei Orlov said about 400 people are now being stopped from leaving the Mariupol Regional Intensive Care Hospital.

He told the BBC: "We received information that the Russian army captured our biggest hospital… and they’re using our patients and doctors like hostages.

"We can confirm this information and also the governor of Donetsk region has confirmed this information. We received information that there are 400 people there."

Pavlo Kyrylenko, the governor of the Donetsk region, said Russian troops were pulling people from nearby buildings and forcing them inside the hospital.

Russian soldiers reportedly threatened to shoot anyone who tries to escape.

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Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said Mariupol was quickly running out of food and residents are struggling for water, heating, and medicine.

And Iryna Vereshchuk, Ukraine's deputy prime minister, said there were serious problems trying to deliver humanitarian aid to the desperate city of 430,000 people.

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