At least five dead in Russian attacks on Mykolaiv and Zaporizhia
Five people were killed and nineteen others injured in Russian attacks, which targeted the towns of Mykolaiv and Zaporizhia, in southern Ukraine, local authorities announced on Monday.
In Mykolaiv, four people were killed and another was injured in a Russian drone attack, announced the governor of the region, Vitaly Kim. “Fires have broken out in residential buildings in the city and all emergency services are on the ground,” Vitaly Kim said on Telegram.
“The Russians attacked our city again with drones. Residential buildings were damaged,” Oleksandr Senkevitch previously said on his Telegram account. “The threat of kamikaze drones remains until everything is cleared.”
In the town of Zaporizhia, frequently targeted by Russian forces, airstrikes left one dead and eighteen injured during the night from Sunday to Monday, according to the Ukrainian emergency service. “The number of wounded as a result of the enemy’s night attack on Zaporizhzhia increased to 18, including 5 children,” reported the governor of the region, Ivan Fedorov. “As a result of the bombing, a two-story residential building was partially destroyed, a dormitory and a car dealership building were damaged.”
