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Russian missile strike kills 50 people, wounds more than 200 in one of the deadliest assaults on Ukraine since war began

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Two Russian ballistic missiles hit a military institute and nearby hospital in Ukraine on Tuesday, killing at least 50 people and wounding more than 200 others in one of the deadliest strikes in nearly 30 months of war.

The attack on the central city of Poltava “partially destroyed” a building in the Military Institute of Communications, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

“People found themselves under the rubble. Many were saved,” Zelensky said in a video posted on his Telegram channel.

“The Russian scum will definitely be held accountable for this strike.”

Rescue crews and medics saved at least 25 people, 11 of whom were dug out from the rubble, officials said of the devastation about 70 miles from the border with Russia and about 200 miles southeast of Kyiv.

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Source: https://nypost.com/2024/09/03/world-news/russian-missile-strike-kills-41-people-wounds-180-in-ukraine/


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