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Russia unleashes drones on southern Ukraine, fire reported in Mykolaiv
July 18, 2023 5:21 AM
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Russian forces launched drone attacks on Odesa, Mykolaiv and Kherson oblasts overnight on July 18, according to the Southern Operational Command update.
Several waves of drone attacks have been recorded.
Mykolaiv Mayor Oleksandr Sienkevych said via his official Telegram channel that a fire was reported in the city following the attack. First responders were called to the scene, according to the mayor. He did not provide any further information.
Numerous explosions were also reported in the southern port city of Odesa, while regional Governor Oleh Kiper urged residents to remain in shelters.
Southern Ukraine, especially Mykolaiv and Kherson oblasts, frequently come under Russian strikes.
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Olena Goncharova
Development Manager, Canadian Correspondent
Olena Goncharova is a development manager and Canadian correspondent for the Kyiv Independent. She first joined the Kyiv Post, Ukraine's oldest English-language newspaper, as a staff writer in January 2012 and became the newspaper’s Canadian correspondent in June 2018. She is based in Edmonton, Alberta. Olena has a master’s degree in publishing and editing from the Institute of Journalism in Taras Shevchenko National University in Kyiv. Olena was a 2016 Alfred Friendly Press Partners fellow who worked for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette for six months. The program is administered by the University of Missouri School of Journalism in Columbia.
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