Attack on Mykolaiv with Iskander and Shahed drones: a shopping center and houses were damaged
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- Alisa Melik-Adamian
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7:45, 17 November, 2024
Destruction in the private sector as a result of the Russian attack on Mykolaiv on November 11. Illustrative photo: NikVestiMykolaiv was under attack by the Russian army from November 16 to 17. The strikes were carried out by an Iskander-M ballistic missile and several Shahed 131/136 drones.
This is stated in the morning summary of Mykolaiv RMA.
The city was hit by a ballistic missile at 19:25. The infrastructure facility was damaged, RMA writes.
Later at night at 04:30, the enemy attacked Mykolaiv in several waves with kamikaze drones of the Shahed 131/136 type. Private residential buildings, a multi-story building, passenger cars, a shopping center, and an infrastructure object were affected. Several fires broke out at the sites of the attacks.
We will remind that as a result of the attack on Mykolaiv, one woman died, four adults and two children were injured.
Preliminary shelling of Mykolaiv on November 11
The first sounds of explosions in Mykolaiv began to be heard around 1:40 am. The Air Force reported that there was an enemy drone in the city. As of 2:36 a.m., the authorities said that the shelling caused several fires in residential buildings. At that time, it was reported that four people were killed as a result of a drone attack on Mykolaiv.
In the morning, Mykolaiv rescuers unblocked the body of another dead person. The number of dead has increased to five. At 06:24, the search and rescue operation was completed.
Due to the nighttime shelling, the head of the Mykolaiv Regional Military Administration, Vitaliy Kim, reported a breakdown of the heating network in the city, due to which there is a disconnection from the heating and gas supply.
Also, in Mykolaiv and the region, emergency shutdown schedules were introduced after night shelling. As of this morning, there are six lines of consumers without electricity.
Mykolaiv law enforcement officers opened criminal proceedings due to the night shelling of Mykolaiv on November 11, as a result of which five civilians were killed.