War in Ukraine: Explosions in Mykolaif

Young people Russian bombings hit the Ukrainian city of Mykolaivlocated in the south of the country according to its mayor.

“Mykolaif explosions again”said the mayor Oleksandr Sienkevich via the Telegram platform in the early morning hours today.

The elected called on the residents of the city to cover themselves and stay away from windows. The Ukrainian news agency UNIAN reported that fires broke out in parts of the city. There is no information on casualties or the extent of the material damage at this stage.

Meanwhile, the city has been without water for days as the Russian army hit water pipes. In fact, according to her report ERTits inhabitants Odessa collected thousands of tons of drinking water to transport to Mikolaif.

Pro-Russian separatists say they took the Kremlin

Pro-Russian separatists from the self-proclaimed People’s Republic of Luhansk have said they have taken control of the eastern Ukrainian city of Kremlin.

The Kremlin, in the Luhansk region, is now “fully” under the control of “People’s Republic” units, the Luhansk People’s Militia said via Telegram in the early hours of today..

The same source uploaded a video showing the Russian flag at the entrance of the town hall.

The Ukrainian governor of Luhansk, Sergiy Gaidai, said on Monday (April 18th) that Ukrainian forces had lost control of the Kremlin, north of Severodonetsk and northwest of Luhansk.

The city is said to have had around 4,000 of its 18,000 inhabitants before the war broke out.

According to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), the advance on the Kremlin was the only ground operation by Russian forces and their allies that made “significant progress” in the past 24 hours.

Source: News Beast

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