The southern city of Mykolaiv has found itself on the front line of the fight for almost all of the war thus far, with nearby Kherson occupied by Russia. The uptick in strikes have added another element to deal with for a city that has known little but tension for months. FRANCE 24’s reporters Luke Shrago, Taline Oundjian and Achraf Abid went to Mykolaiv to find out just how its residents - and defenders - were coping.
Nothing remained of the top two floors of an apartment block in Mykolaiv after being struck by a Russian missile. It would take weary emergency workers a day to remove the rubble - and the bodies.
