About 15 people are still under rubble after the enemy attack on Poltava, Head of the regional military administration Pylyp Pronin said.

"There may be another 15 people under the rubble now. Rescue work is ongoing, several times it has had to be interrupted due to the fact that air raid sirens are constantly being declared in the region... The elimination of enemy attacks is still ongoing and all necessary services are at the scene," he said on the air of the telethon on Tuesday.

Pronin also said that over 235 people are currently known to have been injured. Earlier, the Prosecutor General's Office reported 51 dead.