As a result of a rocket attack on Mykolaiv, the former head of the regional election commission was killed

As a result of shelling of Mykolaiv on July 19, as of 10:30 p.m., three people were killed and 15 injured. One of the dead was Iryna Ponomarenko, former head of the regional election commission (2015).

This information NikVesti has confirmed by former colleagues and acquaintances of Iryna Ponomarenko.

Iryna Ponomarenko, archival photo of «Nikvesti"

As it became known, Iryna Ponomarenko lived with her son in the house that was hit by a Russian rocket this evening. Her son Oleksandr was hospitalized in serious condition.

Mykolaiv resident and volunteer Mila Yurchenko reported that during the full-scale war, Iryna Ponomarenko and her son hid 18 dogs in their apartment.

- Many people in the city knew Iryna Mykolaivna Ponomarenko and her son Alexander Ponomarenko, but few people know that only during the war they sheltered and took 18 dogs to their Khrushchev apartment. No matter how hard it was for them, they never complained and still fed besides these 18 other abandoned tails. Today, Iryna Mykolaivna died during the explosion, and her son is in extremely serious condition. They have no relatives left..., - Mila Yurchenko wrote on Facebook.

Iryna Ponomarenko headed the Mykolaiv Regional Election Commission (2015) and was the deputy head of the city election commission in Mykolaiv (2020). Previously, she worked as the deputy director of the Mykolaiv National Academic Ukrainian Theater of Drama and Musical Comedy. Iryna Ponomarenko was 63 years old.

Russia hit a playground in Mykolaiv with a missile on July 19, NikVesta photo

We will remind you that on the evening of July 19, the Russian army attacked Mykolaiv. Three people died on the spot, including a child.

Later, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi reacted to the Russian attack on Mykolaiv. The rocket hit the playground in the courtyard of the high-rise building.

The mayor of Mykolaiv, Oleksandr Sienkovych, said that the Russian rocket that was used to attack the city fell between apartment buildings. He emphasized that there were neither soldiers nor military equipment nearby.