Russian strike kills 51 in Ukrainian city

Kathmandu: At least 51 people have been killed and hundreds wounded in a Russian missile attack on the Ukrainian city of Poltava.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed to hold what he called “Russian scum” accountable, while rescuers worked to clear the rubble. President Zelensky in his address on Tuesday said’ ‘According to the information available now, this Russian strike killed 51 people, the number of injured is 271, We know that there are people under the rubble of the destroyed building. Everything is being done to save as many lives as possible.’

President Zelensky ordered several reshuffles since the war began, sacking his defense minister last September after a series of corruption scandals and more recently replacing his top commander amid setbacks on the battlefield. The move follows another recent scandal for Ukraine’s army command after a US-made F-16 fighter jet crashed in combat last week, killing the pilot.

Likewise, the crash of the F-16 was a high-profile setback for Kyiv, which had lobbied the West to send the advanced fighter jet for months, and triggered the dismissal of the country’s air force chief, Mykola Oleshchuk.

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