Four children and five adults injured in Russian attack on Poltava

Four children and five adults were injured as a result of a Russian attack on Poltava on 20 June.

Source: Kateryna Yamshchykova, Secretary of Poltava City Council; Ukrainian public broadcaster Suspilne

Quote: "Three children were injured as a result of the attack!"

Details: Yamshchykova said the children have been taken to hospital. Information on the aftermath of the strike is being confirmed.

As reported by Suspilne, a series of loud explosions rang out in Poltava on the evening of 20 June. The first were heard around 20:10. There were at least three.

At the time, an air-raid warning was in effect in the Poltava district. The Ukrainian Air Force twice reported high-speed targets heading towards Poltava.

Update: Later, Yamshchykova reported that the number of children injured as a result of the Russian attack had increased to four: another child was taken by ambulance to the city children's hospital.

She later wrote that, in addition to the four children, five adults had also been injured in the Russian attack.

All of them were taken to hospital. The information is being confirmed.

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