Three people injured in the Russian attack on Poltava on September 3 have died in hospital

Three victims of the Russian attack on Poltava on September 3 died in hospital, bringing the total death toll to 58, Governor Filip Pronin said on September 8.

Russia fired two ballistic missiles at the city on September 3, hitting the Military Communications Institute and a neighboring medical facility. The educational institution's building was partially destroyed.

Search and rescue operations at the site of the Russian missile attack on the city were completed on September 5. 55 people were killed and 328 others were injured.

President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview with NBC News that the rockets flew for only three minutes before hitting the buildings, leaving people little time to hide in shelters.

With the start of the new school year in Ukraine, Russian attacks increasingly targeted educational institutions. On the night of September 4, they hit several institutions in Sumy, Lviv and Kryvyi Rih.

Poltava is a city with around 300,000 inhabitants in the Poltava Oblast in central Ukraine. It is located around 120 kilometers from the border with Russia and 230 kilometers from the Eastern Front.

The city and the surrounding region are regularly the target of Russian drone and missile attacks.