Oleksandr Senkevich, mayor of Mykolaiv, said the city was fired at from close range on March 18, so the city did not have time to sound air raid sirens.
Russian troops have designated the zone of the Joint Forces Operation (JFO), the cities of Mariupol and Mykolaiv as main directions of their operational efforts
Ukrainian aviation, military and terrorist defense fighters have destroyed a column of equipment of the Russian invaders near the town of Bashtanka in Mykolaiv region.