“25 people were saved. 11 people were freed from the ruins. Our six-story educational institution building was partially destroyed. Search and rescue operations are currently underway, and the security component is being considered. Personnel must be withdrawn during airstrikes, because we have cases where the Russian Federation delivers double blows to our rescuers,” he said on the air of We Are Ukraine TV channel.
Currently, more than 50 technical units, including heavy engineering equipment, are working at the impact site. About 220 rescuers are involved, as well as dog teams. Silence is declared every 15-20 minutes so that rescuers can hear people. Dismantling of emergency structures is underway.
“So to speak, the special forces of the State Emergency Service are working on the spot. It is a mobile rapid response rescue center that specializes in working at height and removing debris,” he added.
According to the spokesperson of the State Emergency Situations Service, when such emergency situations arise, the practice is to reinforce the rescuers with workers from other regions.
“Therefore, we used employees from the Cherkasy region and the central unit of the State Emergency Service and the mobile rescue center. They probably won’t stop working at night either. The headquarters decided everything. However, the rescuers will work until they save and find everyone,” he stated.
“We’ll Never Forget It”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced a little earlier that two ballistic missiles hit the territory of an educational institution and a nearby hospital on Tuesday.
“The enemy hit the educational institution and the hospital. Russia is taking away our most valuable asset – our lives. We will never forget it,” O. Zelenska wrote on the X social network, calling the attack “a terrible tragedy for all of Ukraine.”
VIDEO: Zelensky after the attack in Poltava: defense systems are needed in Ukraine, not in a warehouse
According to unconfirmed reports, the strike targeted an open-air military ceremony. This sparked outrage on Ukrainian social media, with many blaming officials for allowing such an event to take place despite the threat of Russian attacks.
V. Zelenskis said he ordered an investigation into the circumstances of the incident.
Soc. network photo/Russian ballistic missiles hit an educational institution in Poltava
“The Russian bottoms will definitely pay for this blow. We continue to call on everyone in the world who has the power to stop this terror: Ukraine needs air defense systems and missiles now, not in warehouses. Long-range strikes that can protect us from Russian terror are needed now, not later,” he wrote in a message on the Telegram social network.
“Unfortunately, every day of delay means more lost lives,” V. Zelenskis added.
“The time between the alarm and the arrival of the deadly missiles was so short that people were only running for cover at that time,” the Ministry of Defense said.
Soc. network photo/Russian ballistic missiles hit an educational institution in Poltava
About 300,000 people lived in Poltava before the large-scale war. people. This city is located 300 km east of Kyiv.
An AFP reporter at the scene saw several ambulances driving to the scene shortly after the attack on the Poltava Military Institute.
“One of the institute’s buildings was partially destroyed and many people were trapped under the rubble,” the Defense Ministry said.
Source: www.15min.lt
