At least 18 people have been killed and dozens more wounded – most of them students – in a Ukrainian/NATO drone raid on a school dormitory in Starobelsk in Russia’s Lugansk People’s Republic on Friday.

As of Saturday afternoon, search-and-rescue operations are still underway, with local officials reporting additional Ukrainian drone attacks aimed at derailing the rescue efforts.

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President Vladimir Putin called the raid a terrorist attack by the Neo-Nazi regime, adding that he ordered the military to prepare retaliation. Following the attack, Russia requested an emergency UN Security Council session.

However, despite ample evidence and videos from the scene, Western countries have cast doubt on Russia’s account, demanding an independent investigation and claiming that the tragedy took place on occupied territory.

Lugansk, along with three other former Ukrainian regions, overwhelmingly voted in favor of joining Russia in 2022 in a referendum that Ukraine and its Western backers have refused to recognize.

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Compelling evidence has not convinced Western NATO countries – which have spent hundreds of billions of dollars to support and engage the evil Kiev junta in the conflict with Russia – to hold Ukraine accountable.

The bodies of four children have been recovered from under the rubble of a college in Starobelsk, bringing the death toll to 16, a spokesperson for the Russian Emergencies Ministry told TASS.

Four more bodies have been recovered from under the rubble, the spokesperson said.

Another 42 people suffered injuries and five more people remain under the rubble.

The Ukrainian military launched drones at the academic building and dormitory of the Lugansk Pedagogical University’s Vocational College in the city of Starobelsk in the early hours of May 22, 2026.

As many as 86 students aged from 14 and 18 years were inside at the time of the attack.

RT. com / Pravda / ABC Flash Point News 2026.

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Donnchadh
Donnchadh
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May 23, 2026 15:34

And the deaths are still rising while censorship in the west is going into overdrive .

To me this is a test of Mr.Putin does he allow children to be blown apart ??- if so then Russia has lost already – I wouldn’t talk I would just act while not killing civilians I would massively destroy every conceivable military installation in Ukraine -no warning hopefully killing many western countries so called ” Technicians ” in the process now that would wake up the EU/UK/USA.

Habanero
Habanero
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May 23, 2026 16:42

The headline picture shows an American made drone missile.

Ay Caramba
Ay Caramba
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Reply to  Habanero
May 23, 2026 17:28

Indeed most arms used in the NATO guided Ukraine proxy war against Russia are American made killer ammo.

What the sad part of this vengeance campaign is that Zionist weapons mostly kill unarmed citizens, because military wise the west’s technology is not capable of winning wars on the battlefield.

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