War in Ukraine. The horrors of war by Mykolaiv Oblast

Women fill bottles with water provided by a volunteer organization in Mykolayiv, Aug. 09, 2022.

A view of the headquarters of the Mykolaiv Regional Military Administration building destroyed by a Russian attack in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, Friday, Aug. 5, 2022.

A couple reacts after the Russian shelling in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022. According local media, supermarket, high-rise buildings and pharmacy were damaged.

Workers clean up outside a building destroyed as a result of Russian shelling in Mykolayiv on August 2.

A firefighter extinguishes a burning hospital building hit by a Russian missile strike in Mykolaiv.

A firefighter puts out a fire on a building after shelling in Mykolaiv, Ukraine.
- Mykolajiv was the subject of a number of grenade attacks today. These are probably the most powerful so far, writes mayor Oleksandr Senkevych on Telegram.

A school in Mykolaiv damaged by a Russian missile as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues. July 28, 2022.

A local resident collects photos of his family left under the rubble after Russian shelling in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, June 29, 2022.

A Ukrainian soldier stands in a shell crater next to destroyed Russian military vehicles in a field near the southern city of Mykolayiv on June 12. The region is strategically important as Mykolayiv, located on the Black Sea coast, stands in the way of Russian forces trying to reach the larger port of Odesa.

Anti-tank hedgehogs sit in a wheat field in southern Ukraine's Mykolaiv region on June 11.