01:07At least 51 people were reported killed and 271 injured after an alleged airstrike hit Poltava on Tuesday, according to Ukrainian authorities.
Footage shows locals clearing debris outside a building as the sound of sirens can be heard in the background. The video also features emergency services working in the aftermath of the incident as well as locals gathering in an evacuation centre.
Ukraine said that the attacks had killed at least 51 people and injured 271 others. President Volodymyr Zelensky claimed two Russian cruise missiles had struck an 'educational facility' and nearby hospital, with the Military Institute of Communications - a training centre for the armed forces - partially destroyed. Zelensky reiterated calls to lift Western restrictions on long-range weapons for strikes deep inside Russia.
"We continue to urge everyone in the world who has the power to stop this terror: Ukraine needs air defense systems and missiles now, not sitting in storage. Long-range strikes that can protect us from Russian terror are needed now, not later. Every day of delay, unfortunately, means more lost lives," Zelensky wrote via his Telegram channel.
Germany, the UK and the US and other Western countries condemned the alleged attack. German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said Vladimir Putin 'must be held accountable', while UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy described it as a 'sickening act of aggression'.
Russia has not commented on the alleged strikes at time of publication but has repeatedly insisted that only military-linked sites are targeted.
Moscow launched a military offensive in Ukraine in late February 2022 after recognising the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), claiming that Kiev had failed to guarantee their special status under the 2014 Minsk Agreements, and urging Ukraine to declare itself officially neutral and give assurances that it would never join NATO.
Kiev denounced the Russian action as an invasion. Zelensky imposed martial law throughout the country, announcing a general mobilisation, while the EU and the US imposed several rounds of sanctions on Moscow.
Dozens killed, hundreds injured after alleged missile strike in Poltava, 'military institute' hit
At least 51 people were reported killed and 271 injured after an alleged airstrike hit Poltava on Tuesday, according to Ukrainian authorities.
Footage shows locals clearing debris outside a building as the sound of sirens can be heard in the background. The video also features emergency services working in the aftermath of the incident as well as locals gathering in an evacuation centre.
Ukraine said that the attacks had killed at least 51 people and injured 271 others. President Volodymyr Zelensky claimed two Russian cruise missiles had struck an 'educational facility' and nearby hospital, with the Military Institute of Communications - a training centre for the armed forces - partially destroyed. Zelensky reiterated calls to lift Western restrictions on long-range weapons for strikes deep inside Russia.
"We continue to urge everyone in the world who has the power to stop this terror: Ukraine needs air defense systems and missiles now, not sitting in storage. Long-range strikes that can protect us from Russian terror are needed now, not later. Every day of delay, unfortunately, means more lost lives," Zelensky wrote via his Telegram channel.
Germany, the UK and the US and other Western countries condemned the alleged attack. German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said Vladimir Putin 'must be held accountable', while UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy described it as a 'sickening act of aggression'.
Russia has not commented on the alleged strikes at time of publication but has repeatedly insisted that only military-linked sites are targeted.
Moscow launched a military offensive in Ukraine in late February 2022 after recognising the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), claiming that Kiev had failed to guarantee their special status under the 2014 Minsk Agreements, and urging Ukraine to declare itself officially neutral and give assurances that it would never join NATO.
Kiev denounced the Russian action as an invasion. Zelensky imposed martial law throughout the country, announcing a general mobilisation, while the EU and the US imposed several rounds of sanctions on Moscow.
At least 51 people were reported killed and 271 injured after an alleged airstrike hit Poltava on Tuesday, according to Ukrainian authorities.
Footage shows locals clearing debris outside a building as the sound of sirens can be heard in the background. The video also features emergency services working in the aftermath of the incident as well as locals gathering in an evacuation centre.
Ukraine said that the attacks had killed at least 51 people and injured 271 others. President Volodymyr Zelensky claimed two Russian cruise missiles had struck an 'educational facility' and nearby hospital, with the Military Institute of Communications - a training centre for the armed forces - partially destroyed. Zelensky reiterated calls to lift Western restrictions on long-range weapons for strikes deep inside Russia.
"We continue to urge everyone in the world who has the power to stop this terror: Ukraine needs air defense systems and missiles now, not sitting in storage. Long-range strikes that can protect us from Russian terror are needed now, not later. Every day of delay, unfortunately, means more lost lives," Zelensky wrote via his Telegram channel.
Germany, the UK and the US and other Western countries condemned the alleged attack. German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said Vladimir Putin 'must be held accountable', while UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy described it as a 'sickening act of aggression'.
Russia has not commented on the alleged strikes at time of publication but has repeatedly insisted that only military-linked sites are targeted.
Moscow launched a military offensive in Ukraine in late February 2022 after recognising the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), claiming that Kiev had failed to guarantee their special status under the 2014 Minsk Agreements, and urging Ukraine to declare itself officially neutral and give assurances that it would never join NATO.
Kiev denounced the Russian action as an invasion. Zelensky imposed martial law throughout the country, announcing a general mobilisation, while the EU and the US imposed several rounds of sanctions on Moscow.