Emergency services reported that the death toll from the Poltava military academy strike has risen to 53, with 22 bodies retrieved from rubble and 13 feared still trapped.

The death toll from the strike has risen to 53 from 51

22 bodies had been retrieved from under the rubble

13 people are feared still trapped under the rubble

800 tons of debris have been removed from the site of the attack

Russia hit an educational facility and a hospital in Poltava with two ballistic missiles

Fifty-one people have been confirmed dead and 271 wounded

The death toll of a Russian attack against Poltava on Sept. 3 has risen to 53 as another body was found in the rubble, the State Emergency Service reported on Sept. 4. Some 298 people were reportedly injured.