New explosions rock Mykolaiv, injuring 1 civilian
ANASTASIIA KALATUR, IRYNA BALACHUK – TUESDAY, 2 AUGUST 2022, 11:00
At 04:00 on 2 August, explosions rocked several neighbourhoods in the city of Mykolaiv. One civilian is suffering from shell shock.
Source: Oleksandr Sienkevych, Mayor of Mykolaiv, on Telegram; Vitalii Kim, head of the Mykolaiv Oblast Military Administration, on Twitter
Details: Vitalii Kim shared a video of the nighttime explosions in Mykolaiv.
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— Віталій Кім / Vitaliy Kim (@vitalij_kim) August 2, 2022
Sienkevych clarified that Russian occupation forces attacked Mykolaiv after 01:00, and around 04:00 in the morning.
Two neighbourhoods of the city were shelled.
As a result of the shellings, a student dormitory was destroyed, two high-rise apartment buildings were damaged (windows and roofs), and windows in the family hospital and school were broken. Two grocery stores were also hit, one of which caught fire.
Наслідки нічних обстрілів Миколаєва. Відео з Telegram Сєнкевича pic.twitter.com/uahZ3hSURM
— Українська правда ✌️ (@ukrpravda_news) August 2, 2022
According to preliminary information, Russian forces hit one of the neighbourhoods with Smerch anti-aircraft missiles, and the other with S-300 missiles.
Earlier:
- In the early hours of 31 July, the city of Mykolaiv suffered its most powerful attack in the last five months.
- On the night of 31 July, Russian forces carried out another mass shelling of Mykolaiv, damaging an emergency ward of a city hospital as well as private homes.
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