– I have received initial reports of Russian attack on Poltava. According to currently available information, two ballistic missiles fell on the city – he reported Volodymyr Zelensky in a recording posted on social media.
As he added, the area of an educational facility and a nearby hospital were hit. – One of the buildings of the Institute of Communications was partially destroyed. People were found under the rubble. Many were rescued. Over 180 people were injured. Unfortunately, many (civilians – ed.) died. It is currently known that at least 41 people. I extend my condolences to all relatives and friends – he said.
Poltava: Powerful Russian Strike
– I have ordered a full and rapid investigation into all the circumstances of what happened. All necessary services are involved in the rescue operation. I am grateful to everyone who helps people saving their lives from the very first minutes after the impact – Zelensky added.
As reported by the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, the time interval between the alarm and the arrival of the deadly rockets was so short that it hit people as they were evacuating to the shelter“Thanks to the coordinated work of rescuers and medics, 25 people were saved, 11 of whom were freed from under the rubble,” it added.
Poltava is a city in the central-eastern part of Ukraine, on the Vorskla River. It is the seat of the authorities of the region and Poltava district. It is an important cultural center and a large transport hub.
War in Ukraine. Not only Poltava. Russia also attacked three other regions
In the last 24 hours The Russians attacked three other regions of Ukraine: Zaporizhia, Dnipropetrovsk and Kherson..
“An eight-year-old boy and a 38-year-old woman were killed, and a 12-year-old girl and a 43-year-old man were injured in the Russian attack on Zaporozhye,” regional government head Ivan Fedorov wrote on Telegram.
He stressed that during the day the occupiers struck 11 towns in the Zaporizhia region 313 times, including Zaporizhia. There were 38 reports of destruction of residential houses and infrastructure facilities.
“A 51-year-old man died in yesterday's missile attack on the Dnieper. Six people were injured,” noted the head of the Dnipropetrovsk region, Serhiy Lysak.
He added that three cars burned down completely in the city of Dnipro, and 12 other vehicles were damaged. Windows of a kindergarten and seven private homes were blown out. s In the Kherson region, “as a result of Russian aggression, one person died and four others were injured, including a child,” said the head of the regional government, Oleksandr Prokudin.