.Russia's Defense Ministry stated Wednesday that its own dangerous strike on the core Ukrainian urban area of Poltava targeted a drone as well as electronic combat instruction center.At the very least 53 people were actually killed and 298 others were actually harmed in Tuesday's strike on a military institute as well as neighboring health center in the core metropolitan area of Poltava. Ukrainian authorizations performed not state the number of of the targets were military or civilian." Russia's armies executed an accuracy strike on the 179th shared training center of the Ukrainian military in the urban area of Poltava," the Russian Self defense Ministry pointed out in a daily instruction.The administrative agency declared that Ukrainian interactions and also electronic war specialists, in addition to drone drivers associated with strikes on Russian region, were being actually taught at the center "under the direction of foreign teachers.".Depending on to AFP, the Poltava armed forces interactions institute, established in the 1960s when Ukraine was actually still an aspect of the U.S.S.R., concentrates on training telecom professionals.The strike set off rage on Ukrainian social networking sites after unconfirmed files claimed it had actually targeted an outdoor armed forces event, with lots of criticizing negligent actions coming from officials who allowed the celebration to take place in spite of the threat of Russian strikes.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky claimed he had actually ordered a "full and also timely investigation into all the situations.".AFP contributed coverage.