Vladimir Putin His name The terrorist attack on a college in Starobelsk in the self-declared Luhansk People’s Republic, and the Russian Ministry of Defense was instructed to “submit its proposals” on how to respond to this attack.
“Tonight, the neo-Nazi regime in Kiev carried out a terrorist attack on the student residence of the Staropil Pedagogical College,” Putin said at a meeting with graduates of the program. “At night, when the students were sleeping.”
According to him, the attack killed six people, injured 39 others, and left 15 others missing. The process of removing debris at the attack site continues.
Putin said “the strike was not accidental” and there were no military facilities near the hostel. He added: “Therefore, there is no reason to say that the missiles hit the building under the influence of our air defense and electronic warfare systems.”
In fact, Putin threatened a retaliatory strike against Ukraine. “In such cases, it is impossible to limit ourselves to a statement from the Foreign Ministry. Therefore, the Russian Defense Ministry has been ordered to present its proposals,” Putin said.
According to a report by the authorities of the Russian-controlled part of the Luhansk region of Ukraine, on the night of May 22, the Ukrainian army attacked the educational building and university dormitory in Starobelsk. The self-proclaimed head of the LPR, Leonid Pasichnyk, accused the Ukrainian armed forces of a “targeted strike on sleeping defenseless children.”
Ukraine did not comment on these statements.