According to all reports, the attack is believed to be the deadliest carried out by Russian forces since the conflict began 900 days ago on February 24, 2022.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Tuesday that two Russian long-range rockets hit a school and a nearby hospital in an area of central eastern Ukraine, killing about 41 people and wounding 180 others.
According to officials, the attack took place in the city of Poltava, the capital of the region of the same name. Poltava is located about 70 miles from the Russian border and about 200 miles southeast of Kyev. By all accounts, the attack is one of the deadliest attacks carried out by Russian forces since the conflict began 900 days ago on February 24, 2022. “A structure serving the interchange was destroyed to some extent.
People were trapped under the rubble. Many people were rescued,” Zelenskyy said in a video posted on his Wire channel. “All important administrations are engaged in rescue work,” he said. He said he has requested a “full and concise investigation” into what happened. Zelensky gave no further details.
Ukraine’s Security Service said the rocket attack came shortly after an airstrike warning was issued, as several people were moving under the cover of an airstrike, describing the attack as “brutal.”
Rescue workers and surgeons saved 25 people, 11 of whom were pulled from the rubble, the Security Service said in an explanation.
