Drone alarm during Baerbock's visit: Putin causes the next provocation. The visit to the waterworks had to be canceled early for safety reasons.

It is not uncommon for reconnaissance drones to be followed by air strikes, the Ukrainian side said. The Russian army had massively targeted the civilian infrastructure - waterworks, administrative buildings and electricity plants - in Mykolaiv, which is just 50 kilometers from the front. More than 1,300 apartment buildings and over 1,000 single-family homes have been destroyed or damaged in attacks.