Russian invaders today sent a whole division of missiles to Mykolaiv - 12 pieces, some of them shot down the air defense, said the head of the Mykolaiv RSA Vitaly Kim.

"Today a whole division of missiles flew in. 12 pieces. No casualties. St. Nicholas takes care of us. Some of them were shot down by the air defense. All in all, it's okay. Thanks to St. Nicholas," Kim said in a video message in Telegram.

The head of the RSA also said that the first "new L-200s out of twenty" had arrived. "A dozen are being handed over to the military right now," he said.

Mayor Senkevich pointed out that the Russian military fired about 10 rockets at Nikolaev on the morning of July 1, hitting private businesses.