Morning strike in Mykolaiv: residents of a high-rise building tell about the fall of a drone

Residents of Mykolaiv told about a drone crash on their house. Photo: NikVesti

Residents of the damaged house in Mykolaiv, which was hit by a drone on 1 December, told about the morning shelling.

This was reported by NikVesti.

According to the residents, the drone landed on the roof of a multi-storey building. It did not explode, but the debris caused a small fire on the roof, which was quickly extinguished. Explosive experts and rescuers were working at the scene.

Residents of the high-rise building say that some people heard the explosion and left immediately, while others did not even realise what had happened.

«There was a bang, and at first I thought it was far away. When I saw the fence at the entrance, I realised that something serious had happened. At first, the sound was like a humming noise — I thought it was a car. Then I realised that something was wrong. I was in bed, naked, they didn't even let me relax,» says one woman living in a high-rise building.

Residents of Mykolaiv told about the drone falling on their house. Photo: NikVesti

A resident of the house said that in the morning he heard a strong impact: «something flew directly into the house». According to him, he heard another one a few seconds later.

«In the morning I heard a bang — something flew into the house. Then there was a second one. It started falling down immediately, I heard screams outside: «Come out, come out!». When I looked out the window, it seemed like an apartment in the house opposite was on fire — probably a glare. In fact, the drone hit the lift box and did not explode. Debris fell down, but the fire quickly went out. According to the time in the chat, the first drone flew at 7:07, the second at 7:14. The feeling was very disturbing, it seemed like everything was flying right into our house,» a resident of the building told NikVesti.

Some did not hear anything at all because of the location of the apartments. According to people, there were no injuries among the neighbours — everyone left the house on their own after the fence and rescue equipment appeared.

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Representatives of the services said that the drone's warhead had been seized and would be sent for forensic examination to determine the type of weapon. After the work of the bomb squad, nothing remained on the roof of the house.

According to Pavlo Buznyk, the commander of the Red Cross rapid response team, four residents with limited mobility and people from 3 houses were evacuated.