September 2024 Poltava strike
| September 2024 Poltava strike | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Russian invasion of Ukraine | |
Emergency rescue and search operations after the strike | |
| Type | Missile strike |
| Location | |
| Date | 3 September 2024 |
| Executed by | Russian Armed Forces |
| Casualties | 74 missing and killed 328 injured |
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On 3 September 2024, two Russian missiles hit a branch of the Military Institute of Telecommunications and Information Technologies and a nearby hospital in Poltava, Ukraine, killing at least 59 and injuring at least 328. According to president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, a building in the military institute was "partially destroyed". It was the deadliest attack in Poltava Oblast during the Russo-Ukrainian War.