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Blow on Poltava: A local resident explained whether the Dron of the Russian Federation was monitored by the Institute of Communication (Video)

In 2024, residents of Poltava often noticed over the city reconnaissance drones of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, said a local journalist. On the night before the strike at the Institute of Communication, Russian drones were also spying. In 2024, Russian intelligence drones were repeatedly noticed above the regional center. In particular, such a drone was noticed on the eve of the impact on September 3.

At the same time, the Institute of Communications in Poltava had already been under the impact of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The details of the explosions, from which more than 50 people were killed, teacher of Poltava Pedagogical University, journalist Anatoliy Mishin spoke on air of TV channel "Kiev 24".

Mishin has confirmed that locals have often seen the reconnaissance drones of the Russian Federation above Poltava, located 120 km from the border from the Russian Federation. According to him, he learned about the emergence of such a device on the eve of a Russian blow. "On the eve of the day I heard that drones are flying over Poltava, and the arrival of drones over Poltava is no longer news, it happened lately.

Somehow not very often they arrived - last year, let's say," - he sounded on the air. The journalist also reported some of the shelling on September 3. As it turned out, he lives 2 km from the Institute of Communication, which the Russians hit. It cannot confirm by 100%that there was no chic in the institution: according to him, locals are "arguing" about it. The sound of the explosions was very loud and immediately began to heal the sirens of ambulances.

The first victims were delivered in hospital within 10 minutes, which were at a fairly long distance from the tragedy. Mishin also mentioned that in 2023 the Russians had already tried to impress an educational institution, the existence of which was not secrecy. The territory was often seen by the military and, according to the local, it was an "expected blow". "I know that last year there was an attempt to attack this premises.

This training center, the Institute of Communication, it is quite noticeable and it was noticeable that there were many military people," the journalist said. It should be noted that at about 9 am on September 3, two Russian Iskander ballistic missiles hit the educational institution and hospital in Poltava, said President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

The Defense Ministry confirmed that the corps of the Military Institute of Telecommunications and Informatization of the Kruty Heroes were injured. In the evening, the spokesman of the ministry assured that there was no chic in the institution, which was stated by the People's Deputy Marian Bezugla. As of September 4, 53 people were reported in the SES of SES and 298. Rescuers surveyed six floors of a building that hit ballistics: dismantled the blockage by 80%.