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EKO HOT BLOG reports that Ukraine says the southern city of Mykolaiv suffered “massive” Russian bombardment overnight.
Authorities said one person was killed, while the mayor said the shelling was “probably the strongest of all time”.
There was damage to a hotel, a sports complex, two schools and a service station, as well as homes. Mykolaiv is on the main route to Odesa, Ukraine’s main port, and has been hit repeatedly.
Meanwhile, Russia has cancelled Navy Day celebrations in occupied Crimea.
The reason given by Sevastopol Governor Mikhail Razvozhayev was an alleged Ukrainian drone strike on the Black Sea Fleet headquarters. The fleet has long been based in Sevastopol.
But a senior Ukrainian official, Serhiy Bratchuk, dismissed the Russian report as a “provocation”. “The liberation of our Crimea will take place differently and much more efficiently,” he said.
Russian forces annexed Crimea in 2014. That was internationally condemned as illegal and triggered sanctions against Russia.
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