According to the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the Russian army launched four Shahed-131/136 drones from annexed Crimea and five unidentified drones from the occupied territories of Kherson region.
Also, one guided anti-aircraft missile “S-300” was fired from Belgorod region.
Ukrainian air defense units shot down four drones in Kyiv, Vinnytsia, Khmelnytskyi and Kirovohrad regions. Another drone of an unknown type was destroyed in the Mykolaiv region.
Vitaly Kim, the head of the military administration of the Mykolaiv region, said that a hotel building in Mykolaiv caught fire as a result of a Russian nighttime drone attack. Another nearby hotel, cars and thermal energy production infrastructure object were also damaged. There are no casualties among civilians.
The official released footage of the aftermath of the attack. He said the damaged hotel was only opened shortly after the invasion began in 2022.
“There is a children’s sports school and a stadium nearby. Not military infrastructure. This is the historical part of the city. This is an attack on our businesses, our economy,” Kim wrote.
Russian state agency “RIA Novosti”, referring to “local underground coordinator” Sergey Lebedev, reported that in Mykolaiv, the Russian army attacked a shipyard and a hotel where English-speaking mercenaries may have lived.
