Russia’s Attack on Ukraine’s Mykolaiv Kills One, Injures 16, Governor Says

A local market burns after Russian strike in Mykolaiv, Ukraine Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024. (AP)
A local market burns after Russian strike in Mykolaiv, Ukraine Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024. (AP)
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Russia’s Attack on Ukraine’s Mykolaiv Kills One, Injures 16, Governor Says

A local market burns after Russian strike in Mykolaiv, Ukraine Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024. (AP)
A local market burns after Russian strike in Mykolaiv, Ukraine Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024. (AP)

Russia's attack on Ukraine's southern city of Mykolaiv killed one person and injured at least 16, the head of the regional military administration said on Tuesday.

The attack damaged an infrastructure facility, a restaurant complex, trade pavilions, residential buildings and cars, governor Vitaliy Kim said on the Telegram messaging app.

The emergency services said the attack also caused several fires, two of which had been put out.

Ukrainian military said the Russian forces used seven S-300/400 missiles to strike the region, in addition to launching 17 drones and two more missiles over other regions.

The air force shot down 12 drones and four more were "locationally lost" likely due to active electronic warfare, it said.

Russia's assaults on Ukraine's south this month targeted critical infrastructure in Mykolaiv region and port infrastructure in Odesa region.

Ukraine has been asking allies for additional air defense as Russia continued to pummel its cities more than 2-1/2 years into the full-scale invasion.

Moscow has repeatedly denied targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure, although its attacks have killed thousands of civilians since February 2022.



Greek, Turkish Foreign Ministers to Meet on Nov. 8, Sources Say

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan look on, during the inauguration of the Great Mosque of Tirana or Namazgah Mosque, the largest mosque in the Balkans, in Tirana, Albania October 10, 2024. (Reuters)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan look on, during the inauguration of the Great Mosque of Tirana or Namazgah Mosque, the largest mosque in the Balkans, in Tirana, Albania October 10, 2024. (Reuters)
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Greek, Turkish Foreign Ministers to Meet on Nov. 8, Sources Say

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan look on, during the inauguration of the Great Mosque of Tirana or Namazgah Mosque, the largest mosque in the Balkans, in Tirana, Albania October 10, 2024. (Reuters)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan look on, during the inauguration of the Great Mosque of Tirana or Namazgah Mosque, the largest mosque in the Balkans, in Tirana, Albania October 10, 2024. (Reuters)

Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis will meet his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan in Athens on Nov. 8 to discuss bilateral issues including the demarcation of an exclusive economic zone, diplomatic sources said on Tuesday.

Greece and Türkiye, NATO allies but historic foes, have been at odds for decades over matters ranging from airspace to maritime jurisdiction in the eastern Mediterranean, energy resources and ethnically split Cyprus.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said last week he believed relations with Greece were improving and that the Gerapetritis-Fidan meeting was aimed at finding solutions to issues such as maritime zones and airspace.

The foreign ministers have been tasked with exploring whether conditions were favorable to initiate talks on the demarcation of the continental shelf and economic zone, Gerapetritis said last month.

An agreement on where their maritime zones begin and end is important for determining rights over possible gas reserves and power infrastructure schemes.

A high-level cooperation council, at which the countries will assess progress, is expected to take place in Ankara in January.

Separately, the leaders of estranged Greek and Turkish Cypriots were expected to meet informally with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in New York on Tuesday.

Cyprus was split decades ago in a Turkish invasion after a brief Greek-inspired coup, and preceded by years of sporadic violence between Greek and Turkish Cypriots. Reunification talks collapsed in mid-2017 and have been at a stalemate since.