May 13, 2025, 8:41 a.m.

Explosions in Mykolaiv region: Russians launched chessmen

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Russian occupants once again organized night terror in Ukraine and launched several groups of drones from different directions. Some of them headed towards Mykolaiv region.

According to the head of the Mykolaiv Regional Air Defense Command, Vitaliy Kim, on the night of May 13, air defense forces destroyed four enemy Shahed 131/136 kamikaze drones. The combat operation lasted all night, details are still being clarified.

The day before, on May 12, the enemy attacked the Kutsurub community twice with FPV drones. One of the drones hit the village of Dmytrivka, where it damaged the roof and windows of a non-residential building. However, there were no casualties.

On Monday night, at 02:25, another FPV drone struck Ochakiv, but no civilian casualties were reported.

Prior to that, enemy troops carried out a series of drone attacks on settlements in Mykolaiv district. An attack by an unidentified drone was recorded in Pervomaisky district. Air defense forces shot down eight enemy attack drones of the Shahed 131/136 type. The attack began at about 03:55 - the industrial infrastructure in Mykolaiv was under attack.

Earlier, Intent wrote how two people were wounded in another shelling in Mykolaiv region. The Russian strike also damaged a house and a power line. On the morning of May 1, the enemy carried out several drone attacks in the region, damaging residential and commercial buildings. The shelling caused a fire.

In addition, the occupiers attacked the water area of the Ochakiv community, and two hours later - the city of Ochakiv itself. Russian troops also attacked the Kutsurub community nine times with FPV drones. In the village of Solonchaky, a private house, a garage, a summer kitchen and a car came under fire. In Parutyno, a drone hit an electricity pole.

Ірина Глухова

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