Dozens of victims in Mykolaiv. Mayor explained why the air-raid warning didn’t come in time

Alyona Mazurenko - Friday, 18 March 2022, 23:58

Mykolaiv Mayor, Oleksandr Senkevych stated that the city was shelled at close range, in particular from the Kherson region, therefore there wasn't enough time to properly warn Mykolaiv residents about the bombardment of the city in the morning.

Source: Oleksandr Senkevych 's broadcast in Youtube

Verbatim: "There was no air-raid warning because we had been attacked from the Kherson area, and we simply did not have time to launch the warning system. The bombing was happening faster than we could launch the system."

Details: The mayor explained that when the danger comes from the Crimea, there’s enough time to warn the citizens and launch the system. However, when the attack is carried out at close range, the system does not have enough time to start."

Senkevych said that people were rescued at place of bombing of the 79th Separate Assault Brigade. According to him, the aggressors attacked the barracks, but "some facilities were empty" and "some were affected."

Verbatim: "I will not inform you any further, because this information is military secret and I can not share it with you."

At the same time, Western journalists report that at least 40 Ukrainian soldiers were killed in a Russian attack in Mykolayiv.