Night attack on Mykolaiv: injured child recovered from under rubble, 7 more people are being searched for, 1 person killed

STANISLAV POHORILOV — WEDNESDAY, 12 OCTOBER 2022, 09:47

Two people were wounded during the night attack by the occupiers of Mykolaiv with S-300 missiles: an 11-year-old boy was taken from under the rubble, and another 7 people are being searched for; 1 person who was found under the rubble of the boat station is dead. 

Source: Vitalii Kim, the Head of the Mykolaiv Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram; President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Telegram 

Quote from Kim: “It is known that a number of civilian facilities were hit. One of them was a five-storey residential building. As a result, the two upper floors were completely destroyed, and the rest were buried under rubble. Previously, two people had been injured. An 11-year-old boy, who was taken out from under the rubble, was among them.”

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported on his Telegram channel that the boy spent 6 hours under the rubble.

Quote from Zelenskyy: “Each of the Russian strikes, all manifestations of Russian terror against our people, our cities, will not remain unpunished. A fair and just punishment awaits the occupiers. You will be punished justly. Know this.”

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Details: Kim reported that the search operation is currently continuing for seven more people.

The building of the boat station was also destroyed. Reportedly, one employee is still under the rubble.

Other missiles fell in an open area.

Later, Kim wrote that the man who was taken from under the rubble of the boat station, was dead.

Quote from Kim: “The man was found under the rubble of the rescue boat station. Unfortunately, he is dead.”

Previously:

Russian forces carried out mass shelling of Mykolaiv on the night of 12–13 October. A five-storey apartment block was destroyed in the attack. The occupiers fired 8 S-300 missiles into the city.

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