.Russia's Self defense Department said Wednesday that its deadly strike on the main Ukrainian urban area of Poltava targeted a drone and electronic warfare training center.At the very least 53 people were actually eliminated and also 298 others were actually harmed in Tuesday's strike on an army institute as well as surrounding healthcare facility in the main area of Poltava. Ukrainian authorities did certainly not state the amount of of the preys were army or even civilian." Russia's armed forces accomplished a precision strike on the 179th joint training center of the Ukrainian military in the urban area of Poltava," the Russian Defense Department claimed in a day-to-day briefing.The department declared that Ukrainian communications as well as electronic combat specialists, as well as drone operators associated with strikes on Russian area, were actually being actually trained at the center "under the assistance of overseas coaches.".According to AFP, the Poltava military communications institute, established in the 1960s when Ukraine was still a component of the U.S.S.R., focuses on training telecom specialists.The strike induced anger on Ukrainian social networking sites after unconfirmed documents claimed it had actually targeted an outdoor military ceremony, along with many pointing the finger at negligent actions from officials who permitted the activity to happen despite the danger of Russian attacks.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky claimed he had ordered a "full and also punctual examination into all the situations.".AFP contributed reporting.