Treatment. Hello and welcome to todays verified live. We start in ukraine where russia has carried out one of the deadliest strikes in months. Ukraines Defence Ministry says 49 people have been killed and 219 people have been injured. It Happened in poltava a city in the east of ukraine. Many people are believed to be trapped under rubble. The countrys Defence Ministry called it a barbaric strike against an educational establishment. President zelensky said it was a very difficult day for ukraine. Translation i have received preliminary l reports on the russian attack on poltava. According to the information available now, two ballistic Missiles Hit the territory of an educational institution and a neighbouring hospital. One of the buildings in the institute of communications was partially destroyed. People were trapped under the rubble. Many of them were rescued. More than 180 people were injured. Unfortunately, there are many dead. As of now, 41 people have been reported dead. My con
And making stolen phones harder to sell on the Uk Government, asks Tech Companies how they can tackle phone theft. And libraries are facing mass closures across the uk. A former childrens laureate tells us why he feels that is a decimation. Hello and welcome to the programme. We start this i were in ukraine. Where russia has carried out one of the deadliest strikes in months. Ukraines Defence Ministry says 51 people have been killed, and more than 200 injured. It happened in poltava a city in the east of the country. Many people are believed to be trapped under the rubble. The countrys Defence Ministry called It A barbaric strike against an educational establishment. President zelensky said, it was a very difficult day for ukraine. Our bbc verify correspondent, Merlyn Thomas has the latest. Here at bpc verify we are working hard to analyse and verify footage of the aftermath of the attack. Let me talk you through what we know so far but what happened. The attack was on the city Of Po
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