President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that on September 3, a russian missile reached Poltava in 3 minutes. According to the available data, people reacted to the danger, but did not have time to go down to the bomb shelters.
He said this in an interview with NBC News.
"Another tragedy in Ukraine. It was a missile strike, a calculated strike. The missile flew - now there is information - for about 3 minutes, so people did not have time to go down to the bomb shelters. And now it is believed that many of them were wounded or killed at the very moment of their going down to bomb shelters," he said.
According to him, people reacted quickly enough to the danger, but they "didn't manage to save themselves."
Based on the question asked by the journalist, the recording of the interview took place on September 3, the day of the russian attack on Poltava.
We will remind, on the afternoon of September 3, the russians attacked Poltava. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy informed that the russians hit the Institute of Communications: "Striking hit the territory of the educational institution and the nearby hospital. One of the buildings of the Institute of Communications was partially destroyed."
In the Poltava Region, three days of mourning were announced for those killed in the missile attack.
As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, as a result of the russian ballistic missile attack on Poltava on September 3, 65 people are in serious condition in hospitals.
As of the morning of September 5, it became known that the number of killed as a result of the russian attack on the Institute of Communication in Poltava, committed on September 3, has increased to 54. There may be 5 people under the rubble.
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