Russian Duma Speaker Accuses Ukraine of Deliberate Attacks on Civilian Facilities
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- Vyacheslav Volodin, chairman of Russia's State Duma, accused Ukraine of deliberately targeting civilian facilities, including hospitals and schools, with drones.
- An attack on a college in Starobelsk on May 22 resulted in 10 deaths and 38 injuries.
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Vyacheslav Volodin, chairman of Russia's State Duma, has accused the Ukrainian army of deliberately targeting civilian facilities in Russia. This statement comes after an attack on a college in Starobelsk, which resulted in casualties.
MOSCOW, May 23. /TASS/. The Ukrainian army deliberately attacks civilian facilities in Russia, Vyacheslav Volodin, chairman of Russia’s State Duma (lower house of parliament), said.
"Ukraine’s terrorist neo-Nazi regime carries out strikes on civilian facilities in Russia with full knowledge that it’s targeting hospitals, educational institutions and residential buildings," he wrote on the Max messenger.
The Ukrainian military launched drones at the academic building and dormitory of the Lugansk Pedagogical University’s Vocational College in the city of Starobelsk in the early hours of May 22. As many as 86 students aged between 14 and 18 years were inside at the time of the attack. According to the Russian Emergencies Ministry, the strike killed ten people and left another 38 injured. Eleven students remain missing.
Preguntas abiertas
- What is Ukraine's response to these accusations?
- What is the current status of the missing students?
- What specific evidence does Russia have to support the claim of deliberate targeting?
- What international bodies are investigating this incident?
