In Mykolaiv, a drunk man wanted to blow up a building: a multi-storey apartment block nearly exploded
"Miner" with a kitchen stove: in Mykolaiv a man turned on the gas and called the police himself
In Mykolaiv law enforcement officers detained a man who reported an intention to carry out an explosion in a multi-storey building. This was reported on May 5, 2026 by the Mykolaiv region police.
A phone call to the emergency line 112 arrived in the evening of May 4. The man stated that he planned to blow up an apartment building on one of the city’s streets. Patrol officers and the investigative-operational team of the Mykolaiv District Police Department immediately arrived on the scene. In the stairwell, law enforcement officers smelled a strong odor of household gas. Residents of the building had also complained about it. Police identified the apartment from which the gas smell was coming and demanded that the door be opened. However, the occupant refused to do so. Due to the real threat of an explosion, the officers had to conduct an urgent search and enter the apartment through a window.
Gas distribution workers shut off the supply of household gas that the man had opened on the kitchen stove. After that, the police detained a 52-year-old man in accordance with Article 208 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine. During the medical examination, the detainee was found to have 2.20 per mille of alcohol in his system.
Currently, investigators under the procedural guidance of the District Prosecutor’s Office of the city of Mykolaiv have notified the man of suspicion under Part 2 of Article 15 and Part 2 of Article 194 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine – an attempt to willfully destroy or damage property. For the committed act he faces up to 10 years imprisonment.
The police also reported that the suspect had previously come to the attention of law enforcement. The court will soon determine a preventive measure for him. The pre-trial investigation is ongoing.
Earlier, we reported:
- Murder in the Mykolaiv region: a shared drinking party at a dacha ended with a knife in the chest
- “On drugs” during curfew: at Bohoyavlenskyi police stopped a pair of e-scooter riders
- “Turned in” a girl and set a bank on fire: a young man believed he was acting on the SBU’s instructions
- In the Mykolaiv region a drunk man with a grenade threatened an explosion: police saved dozens of lives
- A drunken man in Mykolaiv nearly maimed a female ticket inspector on a bus
