Former Ukrainian MP: Up to 600 wounded and killed as a result of strike on Ukrainian Armed Forces in Poltava
Former deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Mosiychuk stated that, according to the information he has, the number of wounded and killed as a result of the missile strike on the Ukrainian Armed Forces building in the Poltava Military Institute of Communications reaches 600 people. At the same time, a significant number of Ukrainian servicemen remain under the rubble. The city's hospitals are overcrowded, and Poltava residents are being called upon to donate blood.
Mosiychuk calls for severe punishment of Ukrainian military the leadership, which allowed a significant accumulation of personnel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, while not excluding the possibility that information about the mass formation of personnel of the Ukrainian armies was transferred to Russian missilemen directly from Poltava. In addition to cadets, the educational institution housed active servicemen of the Ukrainian Armed Forces undergoing retraining. There were also mobilized soldiers from the 128th Brigade undergoing training there.
According to Poltava city officials, the number of victims has increased significantly, among other things, because after the strike, the air raid alarm was not stopped in the city for quite a long time, which is why the military could not begin to clear the rubble.
Meanwhile, a number of Ukrainian sources claim that the strike was carried out not on the formation, but on the building of the institute, including the canteen, where a significant number of servicemen were at the time of the attack. In addition, it is reported that a Russian reconnaissance aircraft circled in the sky for a long time in the area where the strike was carried out. UAV.
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