Today, Russia attacked the Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv on the Black Sea with combat drones and on that occasion hit a hotel and critical energy infrastructure, announced the governor of the Mykolaiv region, Vitaly Kim.
He specified that Russian drones "seriously damaged" the hotel in Mykolaiv, which caused a fire that was later extinguished. Kim also reported that the attack damaged the city's thermal power generation infrastructure, but gave no further details. He added that there were no injuries.
A report by the Russian news agency RIA Novosti claimed that the Mykolaiv strikes targeted a shipyard where naval drones are assembled, as well as a hotel where "English-speaking mercenaries" fighting for Ukraine were housed.
Russian shelling on Saturday and overnight wounded at least seven civilians across Ukraine, according to Ukrainian officials.
This morning, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that it shot down 17 Ukrainian drones over four Russian regions in the southwest of the country last night.
Three drones were reportedly shot down near an oil storage facility in Lyudinov, an industrial town about 230 kilometers north of the Ukrainian border, Governor Vladislav Shapsha said. There are currently no reports of casualties or damage.
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