Grain storage damaged and wheat plantations were destroyed in Russia’s shelling of Mykolaiv region

“On June 27, 2022, rescuers extinguished five fires in Mykolaiv region caused by the Russian shelling. In particular, 10 hectares of winter wheat plantations burnt down in the Kutsurub community, as they were hit with Russian projectiles and shell fragments. Rescuers prevented the fire from spreading to winter wheat fields located nearby,” the report of the Main Department of the Ukrainian State Emergency Service in Mykolaiv Region states.

In addition, the Russian shelling caused a fire in the grain storage in the Pervomaiske community. Rescuers extinguished the fire of 8,000 square meters.

Garages, dry grass, and waste also caught fire in the city of Mykolaiv and the Mishkovo-Pohorilove community.