41 people killed, 180 injured in Russian missile strike on Ukraine’s Poltava, says Zelenskyy

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At least 41 people were killed and 180 others wounded in attacks by two Russian ballistic missiles that hit a military training facility and nearby hospital in city of Poltava, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday...

Poltava, located about 350 kilometers (200 miles) southeast of Kyiv, is on the main highway and rail route between Kyiv and Ukraines second-largest city, Kharkiv...

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