.Russia's Defense Ministry claimed Wednesday that its own harmful strike on the main Ukrainian metropolitan area of Poltava targeted a drone as well as electronic combat training center.A minimum of 53 folks were actually killed and 298 others were actually injured in Tuesday's attack on an army institute and also nearby hospital in the central area of Poltava. Ukrainian authorities performed not mention how many of the sufferers were military or even private." Russia's armies accomplished a precision strike on the 179th shared training center of the Ukrainian army in the urban area of Poltava," the Russian Self defense Ministry claimed in an everyday instruction.The administrative agency stated that Ukrainian interactions and also electronic combat specialists, and also drone operators associated with strikes on Russian area, were being actually trained at the center "under the advice of international instructors.".According to AFP, the Poltava army communications institute, established in the 1960s when Ukraine was actually still a component of the U.S.S.R., specializes in instruction telecommunications experts.The strike triggered temper on Ukrainian social networking sites after unofficial records said it had targeted an outside military event, with numerous blaming careless habits from representatives who made it possible for the celebration to occur despite the danger of Russian strikes.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he had gotten a "total and swift inspection right into all the situations.".AFP provided coverage.