February 2025 Poltava strike
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On 1 February 2025, a Russian missile hit a high-rise residential apartment building in Poltava, Ukraine, killing 15 and injuring 17 more. The strike, believed to have been carried out by a Kh-22 supersonic cruise missile, caused additional buildings and some energy infrastructure to become damaged. The strike was described as a "terrorist crime" by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Attack
On 1 February 2025, at 7:44 am, during the Russo-Ukrainian War, a Russian missile exploded above an apartment building in Poltava which killed 15 civilians; including two children, while a further 17 were injured; including four children. Poltava was 240 kilometres (150 mi) away from the battlefront during the strike. The missile, believed to be a Kh-22 supersonic cruise missile, struck the west wing entrance of the apartment building, suspending the fourth and fifth floor, collapsed. The explosion shattered 1,500 windows, affecting buildings up to 270 metres (890 ft) away, a combined 308 households accommodating 528 residents. A fire started on the damaged floors shortly after the explosion. A kindergarten and parts of energy infrastructure in Poltava were also damaged.
Human Rights Watch identified a military air base as the only military target in the area, yet it was about 700 metres (2,300 ft) from the strike, and thus deemed the attack on the apartment building indiscriminate and disproportionate, a possible Russian war crime.
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