https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/03/29/russian-strike-hits-government-building-in-mykolaiv-a77120

Russian Strike Hits Government Building in Mykolaiv

By AFP

16 hours ago

A Russian strike battered the regional government building in the southern Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv, a key port under heavy assault for weeks, the regional governor said on Tuesday.

"The regional administration building was hit," governor Vitaly Kim wrote on Facebook. He said that most people inside the building had not been injured but several civilians and soldiers were unaccounted for.

Russian attacks on Mykolaiv, which had been under heavy assault for weeks, appeared to be easing recently.

The frontlines seemed to have receded from Mykolaiv, with a Ukrainian counteroffensive being mounted in Kherson, about 80 kilometers (50 miles) to the southeast.

"I was having breakfast in my apartment," Donald, 69, from Canada, told AFP journalists in Mykolaiv.

"It's scary. We have been lucky here in Mykolaiv. We haven't had that many explosions in the centre of the city," the retired Canadian postal worker with Ukrainian residency added.

>>15973429

>Mykolaiv

i am a dummy….can somebody find the discussion for this link in a gaming forum when I searched on 'Mykolaiv and CIA"

brings up this link in a gaming forum?

appears discussion is from 2020

https://gameruprising.to/index.php?msclkid=2866a0b1afc911ecbaa023fb609ffff1

>Nov 25, 2020 · If you have been watching any mainstream media relating to Ukraine in the past week you will possibly have become aware of the latest 'lionized leader-hero' of the conflict - the

>>15973533

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitaliy_Kim

Vitaliy Oleksandrovich Kim (Ukrainian: Віталій Олександрович Кім; born 13 March 1981) is a Ukrainian businessman and politician who has been the Governor of Mykolaiv Oblast since 2020.

Biography

Vitaliy Kim was born on 13 March 1981 in Mykolaiv. His father, Oleksandr is an honored basketball coach of Koryo Saram ancestry, and was a player on the Soviet Union youth team.[1]

Kim graduated from the Mykolaiv Gymnasium No. 2 and the Admiral Makarov National University of Shipbuilding with a degree in enterprise economics.[1][2]

In 1998, he began to engage in entrepreneurial activity. He was the managing partner of the Ushuaja entertainment complex.[2]

In 2003, he worked for the Ukrpromresurs company, which was engaged in public sector auditing. From 2005 to 2011 he managed a number of enterprises in Mykolaiv, was engaged in international investments. From 2015 to 2016, he headed the analytical department of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine.[2] He is also a founder of a group of development companies, engaged in the construction of residential complexes "Orange", "Concert" and "Uyutny".[3]

Political activity

In 2019, he was a volunteer of the Mykolaiv branch of the Servant of the People party in the presidential and parliamentary elections.[3] During the local elections of 2020, he was a candidate for deputies of the Mykoklaiv city council from the "Servant of the people" under No. 2,[clarification needed] while remaining non-partisan.[4] Kim was also the head of the party's election headquarters and campaigned for the city and regional councils.[1][2]

On 25 November 2020, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky appointed Kim governor of Mykolaiv Oblast.[5]

Personal life

Family

He is married to Yuliya Vitalivna Kim, and is raising three children.[1] Their two daughters are Yevheniya and Oleksandra, and their son is Ruslan.[1]

He speaks English, also some French and Korean owing to his Koryo Saram ancestry.[1]

Health

On 9 December 2020, Kim stated that his wife may have contracted COVID-19 and went into self-isolation.[6]