Zelenskyy: Russian missiles kill 41 in Poltava

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russian missile strikes Tuesday killed at least 41 people and injured 180 others in the Poltava region.
Zelenskyy said on Telegram that two ballistic missiles hit the area, including the territory of an educational institution and a hospital.
Officials in the Zaporizhzhia region said a Russian strike on a hotel killed two people and injured two others.
Russian forces attacked areas across central and eastern Ukraine with four missiles and 35 drones, with Ukrainian air defenses shooting down 27 of the drones, Ukraine’s military said Tuesday.
The Ukrainian air force said air defenses shot down the drones over the Chernihiv, Kharkiv, Kherson, Kyiv, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Poltava and Sumy regions.
Chernihiv Governor Viacheslav Chaus said on Telegram that falling debris damaged several buildings on the outskirts of the city of Chernihiv and injured two people.
Oleh Syniehubov, governor of the Kharkiv region, said on Telegram that Russia’s aerial attack damaged a house and a transportation facility.
Ukraine’s state railway reported a Russian drone struck a locomotive in Sumy.
Russia’s defense ministry said it shot down three Ukrainian drones over the Bryansk, Kursk and Kaluga regions.
Kaluga Governor Vladislav Shapsha reported the drone being downed in his region in a Telegram post, but did not mention any damage or casualties.
Some information for this report came from Reuters.