Firefighters at the scene. Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine
Two firefighters killed and 23 injured in Russian double-tap strike on Poltava Oblast
Two firefighters were killed and 23 injured after a Russian double-tap missile strike hit a scene in Poltava Oblast during firefighting operations.
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Two firefighters have been killed and 23 injured in a Russian double-tap missile strike on a facility in Poltava Oblast, where they were extinguishing a large fire caused by an earlier attack.
Source: Ukraine's Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko; Andrii Danyk, Head of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SES)
Quote: "The enemy attacked a gas extraction facility in Poltava Oblast overnight. When State Emergency Service units arrived at the scene and began extinguishing a large fire, the enemy struck the site with a missile. Sadly, two firefighters suffered fatal injuries."
Details: Klymenko said that a further 23 firefighters were injured, three of whom are in a critical condition.
Andrii Danyk added that two more people had been killed and eight injured in the double-tap strike.
The attack claimed the lives of Viktor Kuzmenko, Deputy Head of Poltava Oblast State Emergency Service's Operational Coordination Centre and Dmytro Skryl, a firefighter and rescue worker.
Kuzmenko was a Hero of Ukraine. Under his leadership, 17 people were rescued following a strike on Poltava in 2024.
Viktor Kuzmenko
Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine
