More Than 40 Killed in Russian Missile Attack on Poltava, Zelenskyy Says

At least 180 people were wounded and another 41 were killed after a pair of Russian ballistic missiles struck Poltava on Sept. 3, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced in a taped address posted on X. The number of dead and wounded continues to rise in the central Ukrainian city as local authorities continue to search the rubble, he said. Ukrainian First Lady Olena Zelenska raised the casualty assessment to 206 wounded and 47 killed in her own press statement on X just two hours later. The Epoch Times cannot independently confirm the casualty assessments at this time. Zelenskyy said the pair of Russian ballistic missiles targeted an educational institution and damaged a nearby hospital and the office space for a telecommunications institute....