Air defence destroys 18 Shahed drones in Mykolaiv region: there is destruction

Consequences of the shelling of Mykolaiv, archive photo: NikVesti

On the night of 10 March, air defence forces shot down 18 Shahed 131/136 drones over the territory of Mykolaiv region.

As a result of the falling debris, dry grass and shrubs caught fire in Mykolaiv and Bashtanka districts, but there was no threat to the settlements, the Mykolaiv Regional Military Administration reported.

Also at 11:32 a.m., the Russian army attacked the outskirts of Mykolaiv with an attack drone. The type of drone is being specified. The attack damaged a private house, but there were no casualties.

At 11:10 and 12:23, Russian troops twice attacked the waters of the Ochakiv community with FPV drones.

And at 13:00, 12:56 and 17:26, Russian troops carried out artillery shelling and three FPV drone attacks on the Kutsurub community. In the village of Dmytrivka, a private house and an outbuilding were damaged.

The shelling also damaged a power line, leaving four villages in the community — Kutsurub, Ivanivka, Yaselka and Dmytrivka — without electricity. As of 18:30, electricity supply was restored, and there were no casualties.

At 18:00, Russians attacked the Shevchenkivska community with an attack drone (type to be determined). The strike damaged an outbuilding in Mykolaivske village. There were no casualties.

On the night of 9 March, the air defence forces also destroyed a Russian Shahed 131/136 drone over the region.