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| Russian rocket artillery strike on Poltava News Roundup for August 3rd, 2023 |
| 2024-09-04 |
| Direct Translation via Gogle Translate. Edited. [Regnum] The Russian military strike on the training center of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' communications troops in Poltava was one of the most horrific since the start of the conflict. The Times newspaper wrote about this on September 3. Times: The attack on the Ukrainian Armed Forces training center in Poltava was the worst since the beginning of the Second World War "More than 200 people were injured in one of the heaviest airstrikes ever," the article said. It is noted that the number of people trapped under the rubble remains unknown. As reported by the Regnum news agency, Vladimir Rogov, co-chairman of the coordination council for the integration of new regions, reported on September 3 that Russian troops launched a missile attack on a military school in Poltava. According to him, the Russian Armed Forces covered the military personnel who were being trained to work in the areas of radar and electronic warfare; the enemy's losses are in the hundreds. Former Verkhovna Rada deputy Igor Mosiychuk (included in the list of terrorists and extremists by Rosfinmonitoring) stated that dozens of soldiers were killed and about 600 were injured during the attack on the Poltava center of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The politician blamed the command for what happened, which allowed a mass formation in one place. The head of the Kiev regime, Volodymyr Zelensky, confirmed the attack on the center in Poltava. He said that 41 servicemen were killed, and more than 180 Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers were wounded. The strike also partially destroyed one of the buildings in the complex. More from regnum.ru Media: Iskander-M missiles collapsed the ceilings and roof of a school in Poltava Iskander-M missiles brought down three floors and the roof of a training center in Poltava, TASS wrote on September 3, citing a source in military circles. “As a result of the missile strike, over 300 Ukrainian militants were killed and wounded,” the agency’s source said. According to his information, among those killed and wounded were foreign instructors. In addition, on the night of September 3, a strike was carried out on a temporary accommodation point for foreign mercenaries at the Grand Palace Hotel in the city of Zaporozhye, and over 50 Ukrainian soldiers were eliminated. The Russian Defense Ministry has not yet commented on these reports. The ministry has repeatedly emphasized that Russian forces are carrying out precision strikes exclusively on the military infrastructure of the Kyiv regime. Earlier, on September 3, co-chairman of the coordination council for the integration of new regions Vladimir Rogov said that Russian military launched a missile strike on the Ukrainian Armed Forces military school in Poltava. According to him, specialists in radar stations and electronic warfare for the Ukrainian army were trained there. On the same day, the head of the Kiev regime, Volodymyr Zelensky, confirmed the attack on Poltava. He said that 41 soldiers were killed and more than 180 were wounded. Even more from regnum.ru Former Rada deputy: Ukrainian Armed Forces lost dozens of fighters in Poltava Ukrainian formations lost dozens of fighters killed and hundreds wounded as a result of a missile strike on a military school in Poltava. This was reported by former Verkhovna Rada deputy Igor Mosiychuk (included by Rosfinmonitoring in the list of terrorists and extremists) in his Telegram channel. "Poltava. <…> Institute of Communications. There are many injured, up to 600, and dozens of dead. The city's hospitals are overcrowded," he wrote. According to the former Rada deputy, the blame for this attack also lies with the military leadership of the Kyiv regime, which allowed such a large concentration of manpower in one place. As reported by the Regnum news agency, earlier on September 3, the co-chairman of the coordination council for the integration of new regions, Vladimir Rogov, spoke about a missile strike by the Russian army on a military school of Ukrainian formations in Poltava, where specialists in radar stations (RLS) and electronic warfare (EW) are trained. According to him, the strike was carried out during a formation in which over 500 Ukrainian fighters took part. Later that day, Kyiv regime leader Volodymyr Zelensky acknowledged the deaths of 41 Ukrainian militants in the attack on the military school in Poltava. He also said at least 180 were wounded and one of the buildings of the "Institute of Communications" was partially destroyed. The Russian Defense Ministry has not yet reported a missile strike on the Poltava military school. |
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