.Russia's Defense Ministry stated Wednesday that its lethal strike on the main Ukrainian metropolitan area of Poltava targeted a drone and electronic war training center.At least 53 people were actually eliminated as well as 298 others were injured or hurt in Tuesday's assault on an army institute and also neighboring medical facility in the main urban area of Poltava. Ukrainian authorizations performed certainly not state how many of the victims were army or private." Russia's militaries performed a preciseness strike on the 179th shared training center of the Ukrainian army in the area of Poltava," the Russian Self defense Ministry claimed in an everyday briefing.The department asserted that Ukrainian communications and digital combat specialists, along with drone drivers associated with strikes on Russian region, were actually being educated at the facility "under the direction of foreign teachers.".According to AFP, the Poltava military interactions principle, founded in the 1960s when Ukraine was actually still an aspect of the U.S.S.R., specializes in training telecommunications professionals.The strike set off temper on Ukrainian social media sites after unconfirmed records claimed it had actually targeted an outside army event, along with a lot of pointing the finger at careless habits coming from authorities who permitted the event to take place in spite of the risk of Russian attacks.Ukrainian Head of state Volodymyr Zelensky said he had actually gotten a "full and timely investigation right into all the scenarios.".AFP contributed coverage.