{"id":3407,"date":"2026-05-23T15:38:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T15:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=3407"},"modified":"2026-05-23T15:40:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T15:40:27","slug":"putin-accuses-ukraine-of-deadly-attack-on-student-dorm-orders-military-to-prepare-options","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=3407","title":{"rendered":"Putin accuses Ukraine of deadly attack on student dorm, orders military to prepare options"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday ordered his military to prepare options to retaliate against Ukraine for what he described as a drone attack on a student dorm \u200cthat killed six people and wounded dozens, with 15 still unaccounted for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Putin said the attack had struck the dorm in Starobilsk in Luhansk, a Russian-controlled region in eastern Ukraine. He said Kyiv&#8217;s military must have known what it was targeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ayra Starr - Goodbye (Warm Up) ft. Asake (Official Music Video)\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/22PZkwJpu9k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ukraine&#8217;s military denied the \u200cRussian accusations and said it had struck an elite drone command unit in \u2060the area. It said that Kyiv complied with international humanitarian law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Putin said in his own \u2060statement, which was carried \u2060by state TV, that there were no military targets near the dorm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;There are no military facilities, intelligence \u200cservice facilities, or related services in the vicinity. Therefore, there is absolutely no basis for claiming that the munitions \u2060struck the building as a result of our air \u2060defence or electronic warfare systems. The strike was not accidental; it came in three waves, with 16 drones targeting the same location,&#8221; Putin told officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Russian military had been ordered to draw up options for Moscow to retaliate, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reuters was not able to independently verify what happened. Both sides deny \u2060deliberately targeting civilians in the war. Ukraine wants to recapture Luhansk, one of four eastern regions that Moscow \u2060unilaterally claimed as its own in 2022 in \u200cwhat Kyiv denounced as an illegal land grab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yana Lantratova, Russia&#8217;s human rights commissioner, said that 86 teenagers aged 14 to 18 had been asleep inside the hostel belonging to Luhansk Pedagogical University&#8217;s Starobilsk college when Ukrainian drones had attacked it during the night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leonid Pasechnik, the top Russian-installed official in Luhansk, said two people had been \u200cpulled from the rubble. Maria Lvova-Belova, presidential commissioner for children&#8217;s rights, said up to 18 children could still be trapped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some children being treated in hospital were reported to be in a serious condition, Lvova-Belova said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lyubov Yakovlevna, a local resident, told Reuters she had heard loud explosions from the attack, which she said had been carried out first by rockets and had targeted what she described as a former base. She said she had then heard drones which had targeted the student dorm causing fires to break out and people to seek shelter in \u200bher apartment block.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;A shock wave went through our apartment. Nobody could sleep all night. We were watching the fires. I was afraid, I was shaking, it was really terrifying,&#8221; she said.                                                                                                                                               Kremlin \u200cspokesman Dmitry Peskov called for those responsible to be punished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;This is a monstrous crime. An attack on an educational institution where children and young people are present,&#8221; he told reporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moscow said the U.N. 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