.Russia's Self defense Department mentioned Wednesday that its deadly strike on the main Ukrainian metropolitan area of Poltava targeted a drone and also electronic warfare training facility.At the very least 53 people were actually eliminated as well as 298 others were harmed in Tuesday's attack on a military institute as well as nearby hospital in the core urban area of Poltava. Ukrainian authorities did certainly not say the amount of of the targets were actually armed forces or civilian." Russia's armies performed an accuracy strike on the 179th joint instruction center of the Ukrainian soldiers in the city of Poltava," the Russian Self defense Ministry claimed in a daily rundown.The administrative agency stated that Ukrainian communications and also digital warfare specialists, as well as drone operators associated with strikes on Russian region, were actually being trained at the facility "under the direction of international coaches.".According to AFP, the Poltava armed forces communications principle, established in the 1960s when Ukraine was actually still an aspect of the U.S.S.R., provides services for training telecom professionals.The strike triggered rage on Ukrainian social networks after unofficial records mentioned it had actually targeted an outside armed forces event, with several condemning careless behavior from authorities who permitted the occasion to happen even with the threat of Russian strikes.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he had actually ordered a "full and also immediate inspection into all the circumstances.".AFP provided reporting.