Lithuanian MPs observe minute of silence to honor victims of Russian attack on Ukraine

VILNIUS – Lithuanian lawmakers observed a minute of silence at the end of the parliament's extraordinary session on Tuesday to honor the memory of the victims of the recent Russian attack on Ukraine.

"We have all read the reports about the brutal fact of Russian aggression when a ballistic missile killed 41 people in Poltava, and the death toll might even be higher. Ukraine has declared a three-day mourning period and I invite you to observe a minute of silence in memory of the victims," Jurgis Razma, the 1st deputy speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas, said at the end of the sitting.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday that a military training facility was targeted during the Russian attack on the central Ukrainian city of Poltava and several dozen people were killed in the attack.

Two ballistic missiles hit the grounds of the training institution and a nearby hospital, he said.