The death toll from a Russian attack on a residential building in the southern Ukrainian city of Mikolaiv on Friday has risen to six, Ukrainian authorities said.
«There are already six dead and three wounded as a result of tonight’s attack on Mikolaiv,» the head of the Mikolaiv Regional Council, Hana Zamazeyeva, said via a message on her Telegram account.
The head of the Mikolaiv Regional Military Administration Vitali Kim had indicated shortly before on Telegram that Russian troops «have responded to the Ukrainian Armed Forces with a rocket attack on a five-storey residential building.»
For his part, Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky said that «Russia does not abandon its despicable tactics,» Ukrainian news agency UNIAN reported. «We do not give up our struggle. The occupiers will be responsible for all crimes against Ukraine and Ukrainians,» he reiterated.
