.Russia's Defense Department claimed Wednesday that its deadly strike on the main Ukrainian city of Poltava targeted a drone and also digital warfare instruction facility.A minimum of 53 folks were actually killed and also 298 others were injured or hurt in Tuesday's assault on a military institute as well as surrounding hospital in the central area of Poltava. Ukrainian authorities did not claim the number of of the targets were armed forces or noncombatant." Russia's militaries carried out a precision strike on the 179th joint instruction center of the Ukrainian military in the metropolitan area of Poltava," the Russian Protection Department mentioned in an everyday instruction.The administrative agency professed that Ukrainian communications and electronic war specialists, in addition to drone operators associated with strikes on Russian area, were actually being educated at the center "under the guidance of international coaches.".According to AFP, the Poltava military interactions principle, established in the 1960s when Ukraine was actually still a portion of the U.S.S.R., specializes in instruction telecom professionals.The strike activated anger on Ukrainian social media sites after unofficial documents claimed it had actually targeted an outdoor military ceremony, along with a lot of blaming reckless behavior from authorities who made it possible for the celebration to occur in spite of the danger of Russian assaults.Ukrainian Head of state Volodymyr Zelensky claimed he had bought a "full and also immediate inspection into all the situations.".AFP contributed reporting.