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Three days of mourning declared in Poltava region to commemorate 41 victims of a Russian missile strike that also injured over 180 people

Poltava, Poltava
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Ukrinform Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post UNIAN Censor.NET

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Entities

Filip Pronin (person) Poltava Regional Military Administration (organization) Poltava Oblast (location) Russia (organization) Russian forces (organization) State Emergency Service of Ukraine (organization) Office of the Prosecutor General (organization) Petro Horodnytskyi (person) Military Institute of Telecommunications and Information Technologies (location) Alexander Horodnytskyi (person) Institute of Communications (location) Institute of Communications in Poltava (location) Olena Zelenska (person) Volodymyr Zelenskyy (person) Poltava Institute of Communications (location) Poltava (location) Mykhailo Bratasiuk (person) Russian Federation (organization) Russian Armed Forces (military_unit) Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine (organization) Poltava Residents (organization) Andrii Nazarenko (person) Serhii Dyudiuk (person) Serhiy Vladyslavovych Andrushchuk (person) Vitaliy Viktorovych Kucheruk (person) Dmytro Oleksandrovych Ryhachov (person) Volodymyr Mykhailovych Kulikov (person)

Source Reports

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Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

The enemy's insidious strike claimed 41 lives. More than 180 people were injured.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

The Poltava missile strike killed 53 people and wounded nearly 300

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

25 people have been rescued including 11 pulled from debris

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

Rescue operations are ongoing

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

53 people were killed in the Poltava strike

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

298 people were injured in the Poltava strike

UNIAN → Source tone: uncertain

Up to 5 people may still be under the rubble

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that 41 people were killed and 180 wounded in the attack.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:17:11.842Z

Source story: 3901698-three-days-of-mourning-declared-in-poltava-region