The Russian Ministry of Defense said today that the strike on the military institute in the Ukrainian city of Poltava was aimed at soldiers and foreign instructors who participated in attacks on civilian objects in Russia, Reuters reported, quoted by BTA .
Ukrainian officials said at least 51 people were killed and 271 wounded in the attack.
"On September 3, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out a precision strike on the 179th Joint Training Center of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the city of Poltava," according to the announcement of the Russian Ministry of Defense. According to him, at the institute "under the leadership of foreign instructors, specialists in the field of communications and electronic warfare from all parts and military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as operators of unmanned aerial vehicles participating in strikes on civilian objects on the territory of Russian Federation."
The ministry added that its forces also used a hypersonic missile "Dagger" for strikes on military-industrial facilities in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv.
In addition, Russian forces have established control over the towns of Prechestivka and Karlovka in eastern Ukraine, according to the same source.