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Poltava attack: at least 51 dead as Russian missiles hit central Ukraine

A Russian missile attack in central Ukraine has killed 51 people and injured more than 200, Ukrainian officials have said.

President Zelensky said that Russian forces struck “an educational institution and a neighbouring hospital” with two ballistic missiles in the city of Poltava. The educational facility in question is understood to be the Poltava Military Institute of Communications.

Video from the scene showed destroyed buildings and the wounded being treated on the street. The death toll is expected to rise.

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