At least 41 people have been killed and 180 others injured after two Russian ballistic missiles struck an educational facility and hospital in a central region of Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday.
The strike took place in the city of Poltava, the capital of the region of the same name, officials said. Poltava is about 70 miles from the border with Russia and about 200 miles south east of Kyiv.
It appeared to be one of the deadliest carried out by Russian forces since the war began more than 900 days ago on February 24, 2022.
In a video posted on his Telegram page, Mr Zelensky said: “One of the buildings of the Institute of Communications was partially destroyed. People found themselves under the rubble. Many were saved.
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