Russian missile hits Mykolaiv: 2 killed and 20 injured
ROMAN PETRENKO – FRIDAY, 17 JUNE 2022, 12:38
On the morning of 17 June, Russian occupying forces launched missiles on Mykolaiv, killing two people and injuring 20.
Source: Oleksandr Sienkevych, the mayor of Mykolayiv, on Telegram; Vitalii Kim, head of Mykolaiv Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram, State Emergency Service of Ukraine
Details: The Russian missile strike damaged four multi-storey apartment buildings and an infrastructure facility.
According to the information available, one person was killed and six injured, including one child.
Rescue efforts are currently underway, and the effects and consequences of the strike will be reported later.
Update: The State Emergency Service reported that windows, walls, and ceilings in the apartments were destroyed due to the ammunition and their fragments; and fires broke out in two apartments in different buildings.
As a result of the shelling, a man was killed and 19 others were injured, 16 of them were hospitalised.
Kim clarified that two people were killed and 20 were injured.
