Russian troops continue shelling Nikolaev and settlements of Bashtansky and Nikolaevsky districts. Russian troops fired six missiles at the city of Bashtanka, three of them shot down air defense forces, Anna Zamazeeva, head of the Nikolaev Regional Council, noted on Telegram.

" There is destruction of buildings. including residential buildings. Rescuers and doctors work at the landing sites. Information about the victims is being specified, but we hope that they will not be,"

The occupiers also fired on Shirokovskaya, Ingulskaya, Bereznegovatskaya and Galitsynskaya communities. In these communities there is destruction of private houses. Information about the victims was not received.

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Earlier, the head of the Nikolaev OVA, Vitaliy Kim, spoke about the plans of the Russian Federation to seize the south of Ukraine and access to the Black Sea and readiness for all possible scenarios.

According to him, the Armed Forces of Ukraine today have a tactical advantage in the southern direction, and Russia does not have enough resources that can be transferred from east to south after the capture of Lisichansk.