"On the night of July 31, after 01:00 and at about 05:00, Mykolaiv came under massive fire. According to preliminary data, one person was killed and two people were injured. As a result of the shelling, several infrastructure facilities were damaged. In particular, a hotel, a sports complex, two educational institutions, and a service station. Residential buildings were also damaged," Vitaliy Kim, Head of the Mykolaiv Regional Military Administration, posted on Telegram.
As noted, several fires broke out – a two-story building, two garages, and two outbuildings caught fire.
Earlier, Mykolaiv mayor Oleksandr Sienkevych said that the night attack on the city was "probably the most powerful ever"