Russia and Ukraine trade blame over attack on boarding school in Russia's Kursk region 

KYIV — 

Competing claims emerged implicit a deadly onslaught connected a boarding schoolhouse successful Sudzha, a metropolis successful Russia's Kursk portion that has been nether Ukrainian power for 5 months, with Ukraine and Russia accusing each different of carrying retired the strike.

The General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces said Saturday nighttime that 4 radical were killed and a further 4 earnestly wounded successful the strike, with 84 radical rescued by Ukrainian servicemen from the rubble of the building. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Moscow had bombed the boarding schoolhouse wherever civilians were sheltering and preparing to evacuate.

The General Staff said those successful request of further aesculapian assistance were evacuated to aesculapian facilities successful Ukraine.

The Russian Ministry of Defense claimed successful the aboriginal hours of Sunday that it was Ukrainian forces that had launched a rocket onslaught connected the school, saying that the missiles were launched from Ukraine's Sumy region.

Meanwhile, the decease toll from a Russian rocket onslaught connected an flat artifact successful the Ukrainian metropolis of Poltava connected Saturday roseate to 14, including 2 children, section officials said Sunday. Seventeen radical were injured successful the onslaught connected the five-story building, Ukraine's State Emergency Service said.

Moscow sent 55 drones into Ukraine overnight into Sunday, Ukrainian officials said. According to Ukraine's Air Force, 40 drones were destroyed during the overnight attacks. A further 13 drones were "lost", apt having been electronically jammed.

Two radical were wounded successful a drone onslaught successful the Kharkiv region, determination Gov. Oleh Syniehubov said Sunday.

In Russia, the Defense Ministry said that 5 Ukrainian drones were changeable down overnight successful 5 regions of occidental Russia: 3 implicit the Kursk region, and 1 each implicit the Belgorod and Bryansk regions.

A antheral was killed successful a drone onslaught successful the Belgorod region, determination Gov. Vyacheslav Gladkov said.