[6] The Office of the Prosecutor General said that "One of the buildings of the Institute of Communications, a hospital and nearby houses were partially destroyed".

[8] The Ukrainian defence ministry said that the interval between activation of air raid sirens and the arrival of the missiles was too short to allow people to safely reach bomb shelters.

[10] President Zelenskyy ordered an investigation into the attack,[8] and called on Western nations to ensure the arrival of missiles and air defence systems.

[11] Philip Pronin, the governor of Poltava Oblast, announced three days of mourning beginning on 4 September.

[12] Maryana Bezuhla, a deputy in the Verkhovna Rada, accused Ukraine's military leadership of putting soldiers in danger.