Occupiers fire on Mykolaiv region: 9 people wounded

IRYNA BALACHUK — SATURDAY, 4 JUNE 2022, 12:51 PM

PHOTO FROM ZAMAZIEIEVA'S TELEGRAM

Nine people were injured in a Russian attack on Mykolaiv Oblast on 3 June.

Source: Hanna Zamazieieva, the head of Mykolaiv Oblast Council, on Telegram

Quote from Zamazieieva: "The Russians continue to fire on the Mykolaiv region.  Bashtanskyi district and Mykolaiv have been fired on again. Shelling was recorded in the Bereznehuvatska amalgamated territorial community. Coniferous litter has been burning on the territory of Balabanivskyi forest.

A total of 9 people have been wounded over the past 24 hours in the Mykolaiv region."

Details: Zamazieieva said there were no children among the casualties.

All the wounded people were taken to hospital.

In total, as of the morning of 4 June, there are 252 people in Mykolaiv hospitals as a result of attacks by the invaders in the Mykolaiv region. Another 73 Mykolayiv residents have received outpatient care.

Background: 

•   On 1 June, Vitalii Kim, the head of the Mykolaiv Oblast State Administration, urged residents of the oblast and Mykolaiv to wait a few weeks before returning home, as the invaders were increasing their attacks on the south of Ukraine.