Missile strike in Poltava kills 49, injures 219
At least 49 people were killed and 219 injured when two Russian ballistic missiles struck a military academy in Poltava, Ukraine, on September 3, 2024. The attack, described by President Volodymyr Zelensky as devastating, resulted in significant destruction, with a seven-storey building partially collapsed. This incident marks one of the deadliest assaults since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022.