INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
weeks, the regional governor said on Tuesday."The regional administration building was hit," governor Vitaly Kim wrote on Facebook
He said that most people inside the building had not been injured but several civilians and soldiers were unaccounted for.AFP journalists on
the scene in the aftermath of the attack said the bodies of two people were pulled from debris."We're clearing the rubble
Half the building was destroyed
My office was hit," Kim said in a video statement.AFP footage showed a tall and grey administrative building, with a large section torn away
and debris littering nearby streets."Eight civilians are still under the rubble
heavy assault for weeks, appeared to be easing recently.The frontlines seemed to have receded from Mykolaiv, with a Ukrainian
counteroffensive being mounted in Kherson, about 80 kilometers (50 miles) to the southeast."I was having breakfast in my apartment," Donald,
69, from Canada, told AFP journalists in Mykolaiv."I heard a whoosh, then a boom and my windows rattled.""It's scary
We have been lucky here in Mykolaiv
We haven't had that many explosions in the centre of the city," the retired Canadian postal worker with Ukrainian residency added.Mykolaiv
is a key city on the road to Odessa, Ukraine's biggest port, and its capture would represent a serious gain in Russia's invasion of Ukraine,
launched in late February.
