The operational command "South" reported that the Russians fired at the Southern Ukrainian nuclear power plant (NPP) from the "Iskander" missile complex at night. The missile hit 300 meters from the nuclear reactors.
In addition, the command clarified the details of the night shelling of Mykolaiv.
"Last night, the enemy fired 6 missiles of the S-300 anti-aircraft missile system and 3 rockets of the “Smerch” anti-aircraft missile system at Mykolaiv. Several private houses and a warehouse of an industrial enterprise were damaged. Before dawn, the enemy attacked the Mykolaiv district with two X-59 cruise missiles from Su-35 fighter jets. One rocket was destroyed in the air, the second fell into a private garage. There are no casualties," the message reads.
- The South Ukrainian nuclear power plant is located on the left bank of the South Bug River near the city of Yuzhno-Ukraiinsk in the Mykolaiv region.
- At 00:20 a.m. on September 19, the Russian army attacked the industrial zone of the South Ukrainian nuclear power plant. President Volodymyr Zelensky published a video of the attack. The shock wave damaged the NPP building and broke more than 100 windows. As a result of the shelling, one of the hydraulic units of the Oleksandrivska HPP, which is part of the South Ukrainian energy complex, was shut down. Also, three high-voltage power lines stopped working.