Aftermath of Russian attack on Mykolaiv: 2 people injured and house, business and transport damaged – photos
Pravda Ukraine
The Russians attacked the city of Mykolaiv with attack drones late in the evening of 21 January. As a result of the attack, two people were injured, fires were sparked in the city, and a residential building, a boat cooperative, a business and public transport were damaged.
Source: State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SES); Vitalii Kim, Head of Mykolaiv Oblast Military Administration; Mayor Oleksandr Sienkevych on Telegram
Quote from Kim: “As a result of the falling wreckage, six fires broke out in different locations; as of 02:52, all fires had been extinguished by firefighters. A six-storey residential building was damaged. 200 people were evacuated.
In addition, the blast wave damaged windows in eight apartment buildings and several houses, as well as the windows of a family outpatient clinic and the administrative building of a transport company, and destroyed a car. There were also several open fires.”
Details: Two residents were injured in the attack: A 59-year-old man was treated on the spot, and a 74-year-old woman was hospitalised. She is in a serious condition.
Kim added that as of the morning, all evacuated residents had returned to their apartments.
The SES reported that the attack partially destroyed the attic floor of an apartment building. A fire was raging in an apartment on the fifth floor, which was extinguished.
Firefighters also extinguished a reed fire that had spread to 1,000 square metres.
Sienkevych added that a company suffered damage to its facilities: in addition to buildings, several electric vehicles and vehicles of the company’s structural units were damaged.
He said that new trolleybuses and a freight service wagon were severely damaged.
Background: Explosions were reported in the city of Mykolaiv on the evening of 21 January as Russian forces launched an attack with seven strike drones, resulting in damage to residential buildings and casualties among the civilian population.
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