41 killed in Russian attack on Ukrainian city, President Zelensky says | BBC News

Ukraine's President Zelensky has said 41 people have been killed in a Russian missile attack on the Ukrainian city of Poltava.

The eastern city was hit by two Russian ballistic missiles leaving 180 people injured, with some dragged out from under the rubble and saved, the preliminary report suggested.

Zelensky added that the missiles hit the "territory of an educational institution and a nearby hospital".

One of the buildings of the Institute of Communications was partially destroyed, he said.

Unconfirmed Russian sources have claimed the strike hit a military training centre.

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[denisc.]

Stop lying and disrespecting your viewers. No hospital was hit, all casualties are military personnel at the military object. There’s plenty of footage online showing military casualties.

[VladmirPutinOfficial]

They forgot to tell you it was a strike on a military facility.

[seraj.]

Correction; 190 dead, more than 600 wounded, and they all are soldiers in military school that was hit, alot if them are mercenaries and volunteers from europian countries, i dont know why that fact wasnt put in, RIP

[CassaRoman]

It was a military object. What would you expect?

[pessi]

It's hilarious how the BBC uses Zelensky as an excuse to blatantly lie to their audience 😂

[Pawel]

great journalistic work... Source... some people on the internet wrote that

[happines]

Poltava Military Institute of Communications announces a new recruitment in all specialties

[bojanm]

😂 hospital?! It's easy to check, bbc. It was military facility.

[Robert-tmp]

" Military facility" i correct it for you!!!!

[jongarratt]

Anyone from the BBC going to ask Zelensky where all the money has gone....

[poodledoodle]

It's a communication/EW training facility. Basically a lot of young comms and electronic warfare specialists got hit.

[vetaantonevic]

Ну сколько можно врать людям! Это был военный обьект с огромным кол-ом наемников ! Журналисты😂 Интернет вам в помощь!

[rsb]

stop funding this corrupt country and lets keep our pensioners warm during winter.

[orenders]

2 missiles hit at same spot, you cant say it miss or malfunction.

[mrsb]

Just like what Netanyahu said repeatedly, Ukraine soldiers are using civilian as human shield.

[zulualpha]

Military Training Facility... I bet if it was a Russian Training Facility, thise who is complaining would be celebrating huh crocodile tears.

[mickser]

So a military facility was hit. Ukraine lying again, im so shocked

[sidathsenna]

According to BBC and CNN, in Gaza all hospitals are Hamas military camps. In Ukraine, all military camps are hospitals..😅😅😅

[IvaTaiwan-uz]

The political system in UK is rotten 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[zoom]

But Ukraine was marching towards Moscow, what's going on 😱