"Strong explosions are heard in Mykolaiv. The city is massively bombed again", the mayor of the city in southwestern Ukraine, Oleksandr Senkevich, reported on Telegram.
Unian reports it.
The alarm went off shortly after 3:00 local time (2:00 in Italy)
and lasted 40 minutes
.
Ukrinform reports it.
By the morning of July 15, more than ten powerful explosions were heard in the city and four people were injured by Russian missiles.
There is still no news of any injuries or victims of the new bombings.
Meanwhile, Russian forces have asked for access to the machine rooms of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, where they intend to store their "entire military arsenal":
Energoatom
, the state-owned company that supervises nuclear plants in Ukraine, has announced.
Ukrainska Pravda.
"The Russian military forces are asking the administration of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant to open the engine rooms of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd units in order to be able to store the entire military arsenal. It seems safe to the occupants, as they are terribly afraid of receiving 'gifts'. by the Ukrainian Armed Forces ", comments Energoatom.
"For this reason they now want to bring tanks, trucks, armaments with loads of ammunition, etc. into the engine rooms", continues Energoatom.
Last Saturday, the president of Energoatom, Pedro Kotin, announced that Russia was using the Zaporizhzhia power plant - the largest in Europe - as
a base for the storage of weapons
, including "missile systems".