.Russia's Protection Ministry stated Wednesday that its own harmful strike on the core Ukrainian area of Poltava targeted a drone and also electronic warfare instruction facility.At the very least 53 people were killed and 298 others were actually harmed in Tuesday's assault on an army institute and also surrounding health center in the core metropolitan area of Poltava. Ukrainian authorities did certainly not say how many of the targets were actually army or civilian." Russia's militaries performed a precision strike on the 179th joint training facility of the Ukrainian military in the metropolitan area of Poltava," the Russian Defense Department claimed in a daily rundown.The ministry claimed that Ukrainian communications and also electronic warfare specialists, as well as drone drivers associated with strikes on Russian region, were being trained at the facility "under the support of overseas coaches.".Depending on to AFP, the Poltava army interactions institute, founded in the 1960s when Ukraine was still an aspect of the U.S.S.R., specializes in training telecom professionals.The strike triggered temper on Ukrainian social media after unofficial records said it had actually targeted an exterior armed forces ceremony, along with a lot of pointing the finger at careless behavior from representatives that allowed the activity to take place in spite of the danger of Russian attacks.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky claimed he had bought a "total and also swift examination in to all the circumstances.".AFP contributed coverage.