Powerful explosion reported in Mykolaiv

A powerful explosion rang out in Mykolaiv on Sunday, March 17.

Mykolaiv Mayor Oleksandr Sienkevych said this in a Telegram post, Ukrinform reports.

"Explosion in Mykolaiv. We are clarifying [the details]. I will provide information later," Sienkevych wrote.

Mykolaiv region governor Vitalii Kim, in turn, posted on Telegram that "there was a hit in Mykolaiv."

On March 16, Russian troops fired artillery at Ochakiv, Mykolaiv region.