.Russia's Defense Department stated Wednesday that its harmful strike on the core Ukrainian metropolitan area of Poltava targeted a drone and also digital warfare instruction center.At the very least 53 folks were actually killed as well as 298 others were actually injured or hurt in Tuesday's attack on a military institute and also close-by health center in the main area of Poltava. Ukrainian authorizations carried out certainly not mention how many of the targets were actually military or even civilian." Russia's militaries performed a preciseness strike on the 179th joint instruction center of the Ukrainian army in the area of Poltava," the Russian Protection Department pointed out in a regular briefing.The ministry declared that Ukrainian interactions and also digital war professionals, along with drone operators involved in strikes on Russian region, were actually being actually taught at the center "under the support of international instructors.".According to AFP, the Poltava armed forces interactions principle, founded in the 1960s when Ukraine was actually still an aspect of the U.S.S.R., specializes in instruction telecom specialists.The strike caused rage on Ukrainian social networks after unofficial records stated it had targeted an outdoor armed forces service, with a lot of blaming reckless actions coming from officials that enabled the activity to take place even with the danger of Russian attacks.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he had gotten a "complete and also prompt investigation in to all the circumstances.".AFP contributed reporting.