А resident of Mykolaiv about the consequences of the shelling: «The first hit more or less, and the second destroyed everything»

A resident of a house in Mykolaiv that was hit by a rocket showed the consequences of the attack on her home.

In the NikVesti report from the scene, Liudmila Viktorivna said that she was washing dishes in the kitchen at the time of the impact.

According to her, the first impact did not cause as much damage as the second, which came 7 minutes later. After that, the walls in the house collapsed and all the windows were broken.

The rescuers who arrived at the scene reported that another blow could probably be expected, and the woman's family hid in the basement.

«They had just had dinner, and I was washing the dishes. And it sucked. The first time more or less, but the second time everything fell: windows, ceiling, TV. We waited for the third, all the rescuers said there would be another flight and we all hid. We climbed into the cellar. You see, the glass is all broken. The roofs were all damaged, the gas was burning there, the cars were on fire. All the neighbors' roofs and windows are all broken. This is what they did to us,» said Liudmila Viktorivna.

Ballistic strike on Mykolaiv on March 17

On the afternoon of March 17, Russian troops shelled Mykolaiv from installations located on the territory of temporarily occupied Crimea. The first flight arrived at 14:01, and the next one 7 minutes later.

As of 16:00 in the evening, 5 victims were known, one of them died in the hospital.

According to the head of the RMA Vitaliii Kim, the police blocked the traffic in time because there could have been more victims.

Utility workers immediately began working at the site of the shelling and eliminating the consequences of the attack. Brigades of CP «Pilot» and the Red Cross helped residents with OSB-plates and boards.