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Russian missile strike in Ukraine kills 41, wounds 180 near military institute
KYIV, Ukraine − At least 41 people were killed and more than 180 wounded Tuesday when Russia attacked a military institute in the central town of Poltava, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, in one of the deadliest single strikes of the war.
Zelenskyy said in a video that Russian forces struck with two ballistic missiles, damaging a building of the Military Institute of Communications.
He said he had ordered a full and prompt investigation into the attack.
“The Russian scum will definitely be held accountable for this strike,” Zelenskyy said on the messaging app Telegram.
He repeated his calls for more Western air defenses and urged allies to allow their long-range weapons to be used for strikes deeper into Russian territory to protect Ukraine.
“We keep telling everyone in the world who has the power to stop this terror: air defense systems and missiles are needed in Ukraine, not in a warehouse somewhere. Long-range strikes that can protect us from Russian terror are needed now, not some time later. Unfortunately, every day of delay means loss of life.”
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(Reporting by Olena Harmash and Anastasiia Malenko; Editing by Mike Collett-White and Peter Graff)
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