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Stop welcome to Bbc News now, three hours welcome to Bbc News now, three hours of fast moving news, interviews and reaction. Ukraines President Zelensky says that a russian Missile Strike has killed more than 41 people. It happened in Poltava a city in the east of ukraine. President zelensky said that more than 180 people were wounded. Speaking in the last hour, he said it was a very difficult day for ukraine. The ukrainian Defence Ministry called it a barbaric strike against an educational establishment. This is what President Zelensky said a short while ago. 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 ar
Welcome back to bbc news. Lets go straight to that breaking news that the russian attack in the east of ukraine, let me show you the first pictures from the area that was hit in the Devil Missile Strike today from the russians, these are some of the Apartment Blocks. Double missile strike. We are hearing from the Prosecutor General, and you can see the damage of that central building, and the buildings surrounding it, this is where i suspect the cadets were taught, the Communication Experts that had gathered there. The different floors below, you came s Prosecutor General singh in the last little while, again putting the number of deaths rising that number to confirm deaths of 51 killed in the Strikes Today with over 200 injuries. We have heard from the regional governor a little earlier talking about potentially around 18 people still trapped under some of that rubble and the Rescue Operation is still ongoing. This is the first time we have actually seen the building itself that was