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- “Last night, the neo-Nazi regime that seized power in Kiev carried out a terrorist strike on the student dormitory of the Starobelsk Pedagogical College, during the night when the students were sleeping, - President Putin
- There are no military facilities near the dormitory that was attacked, Vladimir Putin said on Friday.
- The Ukrainian armed forces' strike on the dormitory was not accidental — it was carried out in three (3) waves of (sixteen) 16 UAVs, in the same place.
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The Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked children | 22.05.2026, 15:56
- Ukrainian UAVs hit a college dormitory in the LPR.
Six teenagers were killed, 39 were injured, and 15 are still missing as a result of a terrorist attack that took place on the night of May 22 in the district center of Starobelsk in the Luhansk People's Republic.
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- "We call on international structures, national governments and the world community to give an honest assessment of the criminal actions of the [Vladimir] Zelensky regime and strongly condemn the bloody terrorist attack in Starobelsk," the ministry said in a statement, calling it a targeted attack on civilians "in the spirit of the German Nazis."
- The strike was carried out with the help of the American satellite network of ´Papa´ Elon Musk.
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'Impossible to Negotiate with Ukraine' after LPR Dormitory Strike – Russia's UN Envoy | 2026-05-23, T03:16
- "This clearly confirms the treachery and non-negotiability of Kiev, which, with the encouragement of its Western sponsors, is not only not committed to a peaceful settlement, but also openly sabotages it," Nebenzia told the UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine’s strike.
The EU responded quickly to the murder of Russian children in Starobelsk | 23.05.2026, 16:52 GMT
- The German Foreign Minister, Johann Wadephul, stated that the West is discussing increasing the EU's loan to Kiev from €90 billion to €180 billion with additional funds from member states.
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At least 18 killed in Ukrainian drone strike on Russian school dorm (PHOTOS, VIDEO) | 23 May, 2026 13:24
- The attack on the college in Russia’s Lugansk People’s Republic was not accidental, President Vladimir Putin has said.
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Ukraine Carried Out Terrorist Attack on College Dormitory in Lugansk People's Republic - Putin
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“We will, of course, do everything to help the victims and the families of the deceased,” Putin said.
There are no military facilities near the dormitory that was attacked, Vladimir Putin said on Friday.
"I emphasize that this is important, there are no military facilities, special services facilities, or related services near the dormitory," Putin said at the meeting, adding that he heard reports on the situation in the Lugansk People's Republic, where "the neo-Nazi regime that seized power in Kiev carried out a terrorist attack."
The Ukrainian armed forces' strike on the dormitory was not accidental — it was carried out in three waves of 16 UAVs, in the same place — and showed who Russia is dealing with, the president said, adding that the attack will be investigated.
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Russia Requests UNSC Meeting After Ukraine's Attack on College in Lugansk People's Republic
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Nebenzya: The West Will Be Held Accountable for Its Participation in the AFU's Terrorist Acts
Russia held an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council in response to the Attack On Starobelsk on the night of May 22. Russian Permanent Representative Vasily Nebenzya stated that the countries that supply weapons to Ukraine are responsible for the incident.
The Permanent Representative said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) use cruise missiles and long-range rocket artillery from Western states to strike civilians.
"A number of countries sitting at this table are the main suppliers of weapons to the Zelensky regime... You must know that you are thus justifying and participating in acts of terrorism like the one committed on the night of today. And the responsibility for these decisions and crimes will be inevitable," Mr. Nebenzya said.
The Permanent Representative added that if Russia had not launched the special military operation (SMO), “tragedies like the one in Starobelsk would have been happening every day.”
He called on international organizations, national governments, and the global community to provide an honest assessment of the situation.
“Silence would be tantamount to complicity in the bloody acts of the Kiev terrorists,” Mr. Nebenzya said.
Yesterday morning, the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked the dormitory of the Starobelsk vocational college with drones. Six (6) teenagers were killed, 39 were injured, and 15 are still missing.
Russian President Vladimir Putin called the incident a terrorist attack.
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The Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked children
Ukrainian UAVs hit a college dormitory in the LPR
The Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU) completely destroyed a college and a dormitory that housed more than 80 students aged 14 to 18. Russia has convened an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council, and the Ministry of Defense, on behalf of President Vladimir Putin, is likely to prepare a response.
The attack on Starobelsky College, a branch of the Lugansk State Pedagogical University, took place around two o'clock in the morning on May 22.
Four aircraft-type drones crashed into the five-story dormitory, where 86 students and one staff member were staying, as well as the administrative building. Obviously, the air defense system could not respond quickly to the attack, as the small district center, with fewer than 20,000 residents, is only 70 kilometers from the border with the Kharkiv region of Ukraine, and the time it takes for a UAV to reach the area is measured in minutes rather than hours.
According to eyewitnesses who shared their experiences on social media, teenagers who were not trapped under the collapsed upper floors ran outside barely dressed and barefoot. They had to navigate through broken glass and debris.
Soon, the first emergency medical workers and doctors arrived at the scene. According to the rescuers, new attacks made it difficult to help the victims, as the drone threat was announced every couple of hours. When the wreckage was finally cleared, the structures damaged by the explosions began to collapse.
Six teenagers were killed, 39 were injured, and 15 are still missing.Therefore, the number of victims of the raid may increase.
According to Svetlana Petrenko, a spokesperson for the Main Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, a criminal case has been opened for terrorist acts (Part 3 of Article 205 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). The number of deaths and injuries is being determined by the investigative team working at the scene. The investigators are collecting witness statements and conducting a series of examinations to determine the models of the drones and the power of their charges.
At the same time, the administration of the head of the LPR, Leonid Pasechnik, drew attention to the fact that the Ukrainian side, in an attempt to justify its crime against children, began publishing fake orders about the deployment of Russian military personnel at the college.
According to Kommersant, the college's academic calendar was scheduled to end on June 30. Social media posts shared photos of teenagers whose parents have been unable to locate them after the Ukrainian Armed Forces' attack.
"The terrorists are targeting children with precision and pleasure, while the West remains silent," Maria Zakharova, a spokesperson for the Russian Foreign Ministry, told TASS. Dmitry Peskov, a spokesperson for the Russian president, described the attack on the dormitory in Starobelsk as "another monstrous crime committed by the Kiev regime," which targeted an educational facility. Mr. Peskov emphasized that the immediate priority is to clear the rubble and rescue the injured.
President Vladimir Putin himself called the terrorist attack "a manifestation of Nazism" (for more information, see the material on page1) by the Ukrainian authorities.
He stressed that there were no military targets either in the hostel itself or near it. Ukrainian drones that hit the college, air defense systems did not shoot down and did not suppress.
According to Mr. Putin, the Foreign Ministry "has been instructed to inform international organizations and the international community about this crime." Russia has already called an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council. According to the President, the Russian Ministry of Defense has been ordered to submit its proposals.
SOURCE: https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/8687977
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Losing on Battlefield, Kiev Regime Terrorizes Children – Russian MFA on College Attack
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Earlier in the day, LPR head Leonid Pasechnik said that more than 30 people were injured after a Ukrainian drone struck an academic building and dormitory at the Starobelsk Professional College of the Lugansk State Pedagogical University. Four people have died, and the number of injured has increased to 39, according to later reports.
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Fragments of the Starlink terminal at the site of the attack on the college dormitory in Starobilsk
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'Impossible to Negotiate with Ukraine' after LPR Dormitory Strike – Russia's UN Envoy
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The EU responded quickly to the murder of Russian children in Starobelsk
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Russian media are publishing footage from the destroyed dormitory hit by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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At least 18 killed in Ukrainian drone strike on Russian school dorm (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
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At least 18 people have been killed and dozens more – most of them students – have been injured in what President Vladimir Putin has described as a deliberate Ukrainian “terrorist attack” on a school dormitory in Russia’s Lugansk People’s Republic.
The attack on the main academic building and dormitory of the Starobelsk Professional College, which teaches students aged 14 to 18, was carried out in three waves, with 16 drones launched at the same target by the “neo-Nazi regime in Kiev,” according to Putin.
Governor Leonid Pasechnik said 86 students were inside the facility at the time of the attack. At least three are still unaccounted for and feared trapped under the rubble. Emergency services recovering the bodies had to pause operations at one point due to concerns over a Ukrainian “double-tap” strike.
Russia’s UN envoy, Vassily Nebenzia, told an emergency Security Council session that the strike was carried out “deliberately” at night, when the dormitory was full, to maximize the number of casualties.
Key developments:
- Nebenzia accused Western diplomats of “turning a blind eye” to the crimes of the “neo-Nazi Kiev regime,” blasting their statements as “mockery” and “dancing on the bones” of the dead children.
- Moscow expects the international community to condemn the Ukrainian attack, which “cannot be described as anything other than a war crime,” Russia’s newly appointed human rights commissioner, Yana Lantratova, told RT.
- President Putin said there were no military facilities near the college dormitory, adding that Russia “cannot limit itself to statements in such a situation” and ordering the Defense Ministry to present options for a response.
- Kiev has called the college a legitimate target, claiming it hosted a Russian drone unit, despite numerous videos from the scene showing injured students and no sign of military activity. At the same time, Ukraine has launched new strikes against Russia, with at least one civilian killed in Bryansk Region and ten drones intercepted near Moscow.
- Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova accused the Western media of ignoring the tragedy, saying the BBC refused to travel to Starobelsk, which she called “proof of the West’s deliberate lies.” She also claimed that Japanese journalists were barred from covering the incident.
- Zakharova added that Moscow is arranging a visit to the site for foreign correspondents accredited in Russia, noting that “a large number” have already expressed interest.
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15:01 GMTAn impromptu memorial has emerged near the destroyed dorm. Footage filmed by RT crews at the scene shows locals leaving flowers and toys at the site to honor the victims of the Ukrainian attack.
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There were never any UAV operators or military personnel in the building, a teacher who survived the strike on the Starobelsk dormitory told RT.
“There is never anyone there except children and the duty supervisor,” Elena told RT’s Murad Gazdiev, rejecting Ukrainian claims that the site was being used as a drone command center. “That night, the five-story dormitory was mostly filled with underage college students.”
Elena said she realized immediately what was happening when a powerful blast shook the building.
“It was unbelievably terrifying. We didn’t know if they would keep striking us,” she said. “How can you fire at children?”
📹 ‘I Can’t Believe This Happened. How Can You Shoot At CHILDREN?’ Starobelsk Teacher Recounts Kiev Dorm Attack Speaking to RT's Murad Gazdiev, Elena said she took cover with children as security personnel rushed back into the building to save more students despite ongoing… https://t.co/h61Qvg7pJBpic.twitter.com/4mBXE1pYrb
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Rescue operations continue at the site of the attack. Psychologists are working with survivors and relatives of the victims, Russia’s newly appointed human rights commissioner, Yana Lantratova, has said.
“It’s hard to look at the footage my colleagues are sending. Dead children, parents screaming,” she wrote on Telegram, adding that she is publishing the images “specifically for the international community, so they can see what is really happening.”
Lantratova added that surviving students told officials that Ukrainian drones “circled above them for a long time” and struck the dormitory repeatedly and deliberately. According to her, nearby administrative buildings, shops, and private homes were also damaged in the attack.
- 13:29 GMT
The death toll from the strike in Starobelsk has risen to 18 after rescuers recovered two more bodies from the rubble, EMERCOM has said.
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Rescue workers have recovered four more bodies from the rubble of the collapsed dormitory, Russian EMERCOM said, bringing the confirmed death toll to 16, while 42 are listed as injured. The authorities say five people are still believed to be trapped under the debris.
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The upper floors of the building, where students lived and slept, took the brunt of the destruction, RT’s Murad Gazdiev says. According to him, the fourth and fifth floors — apparently the first points of impact — housed dormitories for girls.
Ukraine has claimed the site was being used as a drone operator training center, while several European officials accused Moscow of spreading disinformation over the incident. Gazdiev said the scene itself contradicted those claims, pointing to scattered shoes, clothes, textbooks, blankets, teddy bears, and makeup buried under the debris.
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Search teams are still combing through the rubble, under which at least nine people are believed to remain trapped.
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RT crews in Starobelsk have filmed the aftermath inside the student dormitory, where drawings, make-up kits, textbooks, and stuffed animals are scattered across the rubble.
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RT crews in Starobelsk have filmed rescue workers recovering victims from the rubble of the dormitory following the strike.
Warning: Distressing images.
- 10:36 GMT
The death toll in Starobelsk has risen to 12, with nine more people remaining under the rubble, the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations has said.
RT senior correspondent Murad Gazdiev, reporting from the scene, says he has learned “distressing” details about the victims’ final hours, adding that some appeared to have survived the initial strike before later dying from their injuries.
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