Two Russian ballistic missiles struck a military training facility and nearby hospital in a central-eastern region of Ukraine, killing at least 41 people and wounding 180 others, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday.
By Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during a joint press conference with Netherlands' Prime Minister Dick Schoof in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Monday.KYIV, Ukraine —
"One of the buildings of the Institute of Communications was partially destroyed. People found themselves under the rubble. Many were saved," Zelenskyy said in a video posted on his Telegram channel. Rescue crews and medics saved 25 people, 11 of them dug out from the rubble, a Defense Ministry statement said."A great tragedy for Poltava region and entire Ukraine," Pronin wrote on his Telegram page."The enemy certainly must answer for all crimes against humanity," he said.The strike came on the day that Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Mongolia.
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