On February 14, 2025, a tragic incident occurred in the center of Nikolaev: a woman who arrived from the Poltava region committed an explosion near employees of the territorial recruitment center (TRC), similar to the military registration and enlistment office in Russia. As a result, one TRC employee died on the spot, and eight more people were injured to varying degrees of severity.

According to Ukrainian media reports, the woman's motive for the act was revenge for her son, who was mobilized and died shortly after being sent to the front. According to preliminary data, the woman approached a group of TCC employees with a shopping bag containing an explosive device and detonated it.

Eyewitnesses to the incident report that the explosion occurred at a time when TCC employees were conducting citizen mobilization activities. Local residents are concerned about the increase in such incidents amid the ongoing conflict.

At the same time, sources report that the woman was supposed to hand over the bag and, most likely, the explosion could have been carried out remotely.

Earlier, in January 2025, a similar incident occurred in Kharkiv, when a woman blew herself up next to a group of soldiers, protesting the forced mobilization of her husband. Then, as a result of the explosion, three people were killed, including the woman herself, and several were injured.