Russian forces shelled two neighborhoods in Mykolaiv around 04:00 on August 2, 2022, using Smerch and S-300 missiles, causing damage to a student dormitory, residential buildings, and commercial facilities.
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Explosions rocked several neighborhoods in Mykolaiv at 04:00 on August 2, injuring one civilian with shell shock.
Russian forces hit one neighborhood with Smerch missiles and another with S-300 missiles.
Loud explosions caused a fire and power outages in the city.
On August 2, a missile strike destroyed a supermarket in Mykolaiv and damaged infrastructure in Synelnykove and Kryvyi Rih.
Ukrainian air defense shot down four Russian Kh-101 and Kh-555 cruise missiles over Mykolaiv Oblast on August 2, 2022.
Four enemy cruise missiles, type X (X-101, X-555), were detected and destroyed over the Mykolaiv region on August 2 at about 17:30 hours.
The cruise missile launches were carried out from Russian strategic missile bombers Tu-95MS and Tu-160 from the northern part of the Caspian Sea.
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