In the Nikolaev region, the Russian military retreated, but then they were shot and burned in their own, the head of the Nikolaev regional military administration Vitaly Kim.
He suggested that the Russians give up, in order to later be exchanged for Mariupol, whom Russia took captive. “Better give up. We are now needed prisoners to change on our Mariupol. The chances that you will be killed here and burn – minimal. It is better to give up,” said Vitaly Kim.