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AFP: At least 50 Ukrainian soldiers killed by Russian airstrike in Mykolayiv.

by The Kyiv Independent news desk March 19, 2022 7:20 PM 1 min read
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"At least 50 bodies have been recovered, but we do not know how many others are in the rubble," a Ukrainian serviceman on the ground, 22-year-old Maxim, told AFP. He said that no fewer than 200 soldiers had been sleeping in the barracks when Russian missiles struck the unit on March 18. Authorities have not released any details about the attack.

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