«Russians «liberated» the residential unit»: Mykolaiv resident tells how he got his neighbour out of the rubble after a night attack

On the night of 22 January, Russian troops attacked Mykolaiv, firing seven Shahed drones. The debris caused six fires in different parts of the city, including damage to a housing co-operative in the city's central district.

Two people were injured — a 74-year-old woman who was hospitalised in serious condition and a 59-year-old man who was treated on the spot.

The journalist of NikVesti spoke to one of the residents of the building who helped to rescue his injured neighbour.

«After the explosion, I immediately ran out of the house. I heard my neighbour screaming. She was pinned down by debris up to her knees, and one leg was stuck. The fire was already engulfing the house,» says Ihor.

According to him, together with two neighbours, they tried to pull the woman out of the rubble before the rescuers arrived.

«We freed her, although it was very difficult because she remained in the centre of the fire. After that, the rescuers arrived,» he said.

Igor also said that his apartment was damaged by the explosion: «The ceiling almost fell on me when I was in bed. But the main thing is that we managed to save my neighbour».

Residents of the building say that 13 families live in the housing co-operative.

«Fortunately, most of them were not injured, except for the neighbour we pulled out of the fire,» he added.

Attack by Shahed drones on Mykolaiv on 21 January

Mykolaiv residents heard the first three explosions around 22:50. Later it became known that the Russian army attacked Mykolaiv with seven drones. Damage was reported in different parts of the city as a result of the shelling.

The authorities reported that two people were injured in the shelling. Vitalii Kim, head of the Mykolaiv Regional Military Administration, said that seven shaheds flew into Mykolaiv and nine more were shot down.

As of the morning of 22 January, it became known that the shelling had also damaged the municipal enterprise «Mykolaivelectrotrans».

The JMA reported that on the night of 22 January , air defence destroyed nine Shahed 131/136 UAVs in Mykolaiv region.

The police also showed the consequences of the Russian attack on Mykolaiv. The shelling damaged residential buildings, infrastructure and non-residential premises.

According to the Main Directorate of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Mykolaiv region, the attic floor of an apartment building was partially destroyed, and a fire broke out on the sixth floor over an area of 100 square metres. The blast wave damaged windows in four multi-storey buildings, a private house and the door of a family outpatient clinic.