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Zelensky issued a video message informing about Russia’s attack.
Russia attacked the Ukrainian city of Poltava with two ballistic missiles on Tuesday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has claimed that 51 people have died in this attack. At the same time, 271 people have been injured.
Releasing a video message, Zelensky said that Russia targeted one of their educational institutes and hospitals. During this, a building was badly damaged. Many civilians were buried under the rubble of the building. After the attack, three days of mourning have been declared in Poltava.
Ukraine’s Defense Ministry said that there was a very short time gap between the alert siren and the missile attack. People were going towards the bomb shelter when they were attacked. The rescue team saved 25 people, 11 of whom were buried under the rubble.
Russia claims Ukraine’s military training center was targeted At the same time, a Russian Telegram channel has claimed that Ukraine’s military training center was targeted using a ballistic missile. Those who died in the attack are Ukrainian trainee soldiers. According to the BBC, the missile used in the attack was the Iskander-M missile, which has a range of 500 km.
This is the first time Russia has carried out such a big attack on a Ukrainian city after Ukraine’s continuous attacks on Russia in August. This attack has happened when on August 31 Zelensky had said that they want to attack further inside Russia. According to Reuters, Zelensky had said that attacks on Ukraine can be stopped only when Ukraine targets Russian airfields and military bases.
Ukraine wants to attack further into Russia Zelensky had said, “Russian bombs can be removed from Ukraine’s skies only if we intensify attacks on them. Only then will Russia end the war and move towards peace. To protect Ukraine, we need missiles capable of long-range attack and permission to use them against Russia.”
In the two and a half year long Russia-Ukraine war, for the first time on 6 August 2024, Ukraine entered Russia and captured its Kursk region. Since then Ukraine has been continuously attacking Russia. According to RT’s report, 31 Russian citizens have lost their lives in Ukraine’s attacks in 20 days.
The Ukrainian army that entered Russia hoisted the Ukrainian flag on several buildings.
Ukraine has occupied 1263 sq km of Russia’s territory This is the first time since the Second World War that a foreign power has occupied Russian soil. Ukraine occupied 1263 square km of Russian territory in two weeks. Ukraine claims that it has occupied more land in 2 weeks than Russia occupied in 8 months of 2024.
However, according to political expert Tatiana Stanovaya, Russia is repeating its strategy adopted in the Second World War. Its strategy has been to first let the enemy in and then attack by surrounding him. Because of this, Ukraine’s Kursk operation may prove to be counterproductive for Zelensky.