The number of victims of the rocket attack on Mykolaiv has increased to 23
- Author:
- Sofiia Telishevska
- Date:
As of 19:00 in Mykolaiv, as a result of a rocket attack, the number of victims has increased to 23. Among the injured are two children, and one person died.
This was announced by the head of the Mykolayiv regional military administration Vitaly Kim.
According to him, the debris of the rocket and the blast wave damaged:
- 82 private houses;
- 31 apartment buildings;
- two administrative buildings;
- school;
- historical building;
- museum and kindergarten.
Seven private houses were almost completely destroyed.
During the night, Russia fired four Caliber missiles at Mykolayiv from the Black Sea.
- The Russian army has been shelling Mykolaiv and the region since the first day of a full-scale attack, from February 24, 2022. At the beginning of the invasion, fierce fighting continued for Mykolaiv International Airport and Kulbakyne Airfield on the outskirts of the city.
- At the end of August, the Armed Forces launched a counteroffensive in the south. As of the first half of November, the Ukrainian military liberated almost the entire Mykolaiv region from the Russian occupiers, with the exception of the Kinburn Spit.