Russia bombs Ukraine's Mykolaiv

March 07, 2022 15:08

Russia launches a heavy bombardment of the Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv, state-run media reported on Monday.

"Russian artillery pounded the southern Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv overnight on March 7, resulting in fires at residential buildings, according to Ukraine's State Emergency Service," The Kyiv Independent reported.

Meanwhile, Russia says it will open humanitarian corridors from 10:00 am (European Time) on March 7 to allow the evacuation of civilians from several Ukrainian cities experiencing heavy fighting, including the capital Kyiv and besieged port city Mariupol.

Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov today said that Kyiv is making every effort to open humanitarian corridors in Mariupol.

"The country's leadership is doing everything possible and impossible to provide humanitarian corridors," Reznikov wrote on Facebook, assessing the situation in Mariupol, reported Sputnik News Agency.

Image: A destroyed car is seen in front of a house damaged by shelling in the village of Marhalivka. Oleg Pereverzev/Reuters

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