In the evening of May 16, an air alert was declared in a number of regions of Ukraine. This was reported by the UNIAN agency. As evidenced by the data of the alerts.in.ua service, the air alert is issued in all southern, parts of the northern and eastern regions. The head of the Office of the President Andrey Yermak called on Ukrainians not to ignore the air warning signal.
Vitaly Kim, the head of the Nikolaev regional civil administration, made the same appeal. He warned the residents of the region that they should be careful, especially those who are in the Ingul district.
Meanwhile, the networks report about the explosions in Mykolaiv. According to “Suspilnoy”, the sounds of explosions in the city sounded like the sounds of an alarm. A video appeared where explosions can be heard.
At 23:42 it was reported thatrevoga spread to the western regions of Ukraine. In particular, the air raid signal sounded in the Rivne, Ternopil and Chernivtsi regions.
At 11:47 p.mer Nikolaev Alexander Senkevich confirmed the explosions in the city. According to him, the attacks provoked a fire. After 5 minutes, Kim reported that the fire at one facility was contained. Fortunately, there were no casualties.
A few minutes after midnight in the Nikolaev region, they began to announce the cancellation of the air alert.