Following shelling of the Ukrainian city of Mykolayiv, a five-storey residential building was partially destroyed, the city’s mayor Oleksandr Sienkevych says.
At least 3 people killed as Ukrainian city of Mykolayiv shelled
Following shelling of the Ukrainian city of Mykolayiv, a five-storey residential building was partially destroyed, the city’s mayor Oleksandr Sienkevych says.
As a result of a residential building in Mykolayiv being shelled by Russia’s Armed Forces, three people were killed, Ukraine’s national public broadcaster Suspilne reports, citing the State Emergency Service. Among the victims, there are two men, aged 31 and 39, and a 80-year-old woman. There are, presumably, five people still trapped under the rubble.
Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine
“After 1AM, Mykolayiv was shelled on a large scale. There was a hit to a five-storey residential building. Two upper storeys were destroyed to the ground, the remaining ones are under the rubble,” Sienkevych wrote in a post on Telegram.
The local State Emergency Service reports that, according to preliminary data, the city was shelled with the S-300 missile system.
Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine
In the morning, the rescue crew pulled out an 11-year-old boy from the debris, Sienkevych noted. He was handed into doctors’ care.
According to the rescuers’ data, at least 7 residents of the building could still be trapped under the rubble. There is no communication with the people trapped.
The rescuers also reported that one of the missiles had hit the rescue station building of the local State Paramilitary Mining Rescue Squad of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine.
The building was destroyed, one person was killed, the emergency service says in a statement.
Also today, head of the Dnipro region Valentyn Reznichenko reported the city of Nikopol having been shelled with the Grad rocket launchers.
“A 59-year-old man was wounded, he’s in a hospital. In critical condition,” he wrote in a post on Telegram.
According to Reznichenko, “over 30 multi-storey and private buildings, gas pipelines, and power lines” were damaged in the city. The head of the region also stated that the rockets had hit a hospital, kindergarten, local history museum, church, market, factory, and a postal office.
A flat in Nikopol following the shelling / Photo: Telegram account of Valentyn Reznichenko
Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Kyrylo Tymoshenko also reported that the Kyiv region had been subjected to strikes in the morning.
“Once again, kamikaze drones hit critical infrastructure objects,” he wrote in a Telegram post.
Yesterday, 12 October, Ukraine’s Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko said that around 30% of energy infrastructure in Ukraine had been hit by Russian missiles since Monday, 10 October.
He added that it was the “first time from the beginning of the war” that Russia had “abruptly targeted” energy infrastructure.
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