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Local mayor says 80 civilians killed in Ukraine's Mykolayiv since start of war

FILE PHOTO: A view shows a residential building damaged by shelling, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in Mykolayiv, Ukraine, in this handout picture released March 7, 2022. Press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

About 80 civilians have been killed and around 450 wounded in the southern Ukrainian city of Mykolayiv since Russia invaded Ukraine, the local mayor said on Wednesday.

Mayor Oleksandr Senkevych also said on national television that Russia had used cluster munitions in Mikolayiv. He provided no evidence but said there was a "huge number of cluster bombs scattered around the city".

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