Two toddlers and a minibus driver injured in Russian attacks on Mykolaiv region

Three civilians — two young children and a minibus driver — were injured in Russian attacks in Mykolaiv District, Mykolaiv Region, on Thursday, October 8.

At around 12:00, Russian forces struck one of the settlements in the Shevchenkove community with a drone. It hit a garage, damaging a residential house and an outbuilding.

A one-year-old boy and a three-month-old girl were hospitalized at the Mykolaiv Regional Children’s Hospital. The type of drone used in the strike is still being determined.

Earlier that day, at around 10:00, a minibus in one of the villages in the Halytsynove community came under attack. According to investigators, a Russian FPV drone struck the vehicle, injuring the 66-year-old driver.

Following the Russian attacks, the Mykolaiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office opened a pre-trial investigation into possible war crimes under Part 1 of Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. Prosecutors and investigators are documenting the aftermath of the strikes and establishing all the circumstances of the incidents.

We previously reported:

• A woman put two little children to bed — moments later, an explosion: a Russian drone killed three in Hlevakha
• Enemy attack: hundreds of residents of a nine-story building in Korabelnyi were left without heat overnight
• The enemy struck a “marshrutka” with an FPV drone: drone attack in Mykolaiv Region