Ten killed by cluster munitions in Mykolaiv

Ten people were killed and 46 injured after Russian forces attacked the southern Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv on April 4, using cluster munitions.

Mykolaiv Mayor Oleksandr Senkevych said this in a statement posted on Telegram, Ukrinform reports.

He said that in addition to residential buildings, Russian troops shelled a city hospital, a regional hospital, the center for disease prevention, an orphanage, 11 kindergartens, 12 schools, a vocational school, and two out-of-school educational institutions.

Early on Monday, April 4, Russians fired at residential quarters and social infrastructure of Mykolaiv. On April 3, one person was killed and 14 injured as a result of a missile strike against Mykolaiv.

On February 24, Russian President Putin announced the beginning of a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Russian troops have been shelling residential neighborhoods of Ukrainian cities, towns and villages using artillery, multiple rocket launchers and ballistic missiles.