.Russia's Self defense Ministry claimed Wednesday that its deadly strike on the main Ukrainian area of Poltava targeted a drone and digital warfare training center.A minimum of 53 people were killed and also 298 others were injured in Tuesday's assault on an army principle as well as neighboring medical center in the central city of Poltava. Ukrainian authorities carried out certainly not claim how many of the sufferers were army or even private." Russia's armed forces carried out a precision strike on the 179th joint training facility of the Ukrainian army in the urban area of Poltava," the Russian Self defense Administrative agency said in a regular briefing.The ministry declared that Ukrainian interactions as well as electronic war specialists, along with drone operators associated with strikes on Russian territory, were actually being actually qualified at the center "under the direction of international instructors.".Depending on to AFP, the Poltava armed forces communications institute, established in the 1960s when Ukraine was actually still a portion of the U.S.S.R., focuses on training telecom specialists.The strike caused rage on Ukrainian social networking sites after unconfirmed records stated it had actually targeted an outside armed forces service, with many condemning negligent behavior coming from representatives who permitted the occasion to take place even with the threat of Russian strikes.Ukrainian Head of state Volodymyr Zelensky claimed he had actually purchased a "complete and immediate investigation into all the circumstances.".AFP contributed coverage.