.Russia's Defense Department said Wednesday that its lethal strike on the main Ukrainian area of Poltava targeted a drone and digital war instruction facility.At the very least 53 people were actually killed as well as 298 others were hurt in Tuesday's assault on an armed forces principle as well as nearby healthcare facility in the core city of Poltava. Ukrainian authorizations performed not claim how many of the sufferers were actually armed forces or civilian." Russia's armed forces carried out an accuracy strike on the 179th shared training facility of the Ukrainian military in the metropolitan area of Poltava," the Russian Defense Department pointed out in a daily rundown.The department asserted that Ukrainian communications and digital warfare specialists, and also drone drivers involved in strikes on Russian territory, were actually being qualified at the facility "under the support of foreign coaches.".According to AFP, the Poltava military interactions principle, founded in the 1960s when Ukraine was still a component of the U.S.S.R., focuses on instruction telecom professionals.The strike triggered temper on Ukrainian social networking sites after unofficial documents stated it had actually targeted an exterior army service, along with a lot of pointing the finger at careless habits from representatives who enabled the occasion to take place regardless of the hazard of Russian attacks.Ukrainian Head of state Volodymyr Zelensky claimed he had actually ordered a "complete and swift investigation into all the conditions.".AFP contributed reporting.