The number of dead as a result of the morning shelling of Mykolaiv has increased to three people, five have already been wounded, head of Mykolaiv Regional Military Administration Vitaliy Kim said.

"As of 8:20, there are five wounded and three dead," he wrote on the Telegram channel.

Earlier, mayor of Mykolaiv Oleksandr Senkevych reported that in the morning powerful explosions were heard in the city. Later, he clarified that one of the missiles hit a residential high-rise building.

According to the local ezine Novosti-N, rescuers are conducting reconnaissance using a quadcopter, which showed that there are people under the rubble.