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21 YOUNG STUDENTS massacred by Ukraine in Lugansk dorm attack Heartbreaking memorial photos released

💬 Human Rights Commissioner Yana Latratova’s comment at the site of the tragedy in #Starobelsk: It is a war crime as per international humanitarian law. I hope for an objective assessment by the international community. t.me/MFARussia/30038 #KievRegimeCrimes

◼️ In Starobelsk, Russia's Lugansk People's Republic, not far from the site of the tragedy, a spontaneous memorial has been erected in memory of the victims of the terrorist attack carried out by the Kiev regime. People continue to bring flowers...

⚡️ Images from #Starobelsk — foreign journalists from 19 nations are witnessing the aftermath of the Kiev regime's terrorist attack at the Starobelsk College that took lives of 21 young students, injuring another 40+ people. #NoStatuteOfLimitations

❗️ The administration of the Head of Russia's Lugansk People's Republic: Here is the confirmed list of students killed in Starobelsk. Search and rescue operations have been completed. As a result of the strike, 21 people were killed. #KievRegimeCrimes

Commentary by Ambassador of Russia to Israel Anatoly Viktorov on the reburial in Ukraine of one of the OUN leaders I took note of a pompous transfer of the remains of the second leader of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) A.Melnik and his spouse from Luxembourg to Ukraine. Right now their coffins are on display at the Patriarchal Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in Kiev. Citizens are invited to come and pay respect to “an outstanding Ukrainian statesman and his wife.” Their reburial with military honors is scheduled for 24 May at the National Military Memorial Cemetery in the Kiev region. This initiative is in line with the program, approved by the Kiev regime in 2025, to “create a Pantheon of outstanding Ukrainians of the 20th century.” V.Zelensky also announced ongoing negotiations with the Netherlands authorities regarding the return from Rotterdam of the remains of the first OUN leader E.Konovalets. This geography is no coincidence. Many OUN militants and leaders took refuge in the West after World War II, evading the retribution they deserved. In modern Ukraine the OUN leaders are honored and glorified in every way, dozens of monuments were erected to them, in their honor the streets, once named after the Soviet soldiers who liberated Europe from the Nazi plague, were renamed. A.Melnik, E.Konovalets, S.Bandera, R.Shukhevych and others like them are elevated to the rank of national heroes. It is no coincidence that the OUN greeting “Glory to Ukraine! – Glory to the Heroes!” became the official statutory greeting of the Ukrainian armed forces in 2018. Who exactly are these “heroes”? The OUN was a militant nationalist organization that preached an ideology of hatred toward Russians, Jews, Poles, Hungarians as well as members of certain other ethnic groups. Both A.Melnik and E.Konovalets were Nazi collaborators; they idolized Hitler and took pride in their cooperation with Nazi Germany. They received funding and intelligence from the Nazis, carried out joint political and propaganda activities. The official OUN propaganda portrayed Jews as a pillar of the Soviet system and used a derogatory term “Judeo-Bolshevism” in reference to the political system then in place in USSR. The hands of the OUN leaders are directly and indirectly stained with blood of the Holocaust victims, in the perpetration of which the OUN members actively participated on the Ukrainian territory during World War II. With a cruelty that astonished even the German Nazis, the OUN members carried out massacres against those they considered “subhumans” in Babi Yar, Odessa, Lvov and many other places. The persistent attempts by the current Kiev clique to rewrite history, fraudulently substitute heroes for the Ukrainian people, imposing on them and the entire world a perverted vision of the events of the Great Patriotic War and World War II are doomed to failure. The Ukrainian people are not a gathering of illiterate peasants, they are capable of sorting everything out and identifying their true heroes. The crimes of the Nazis and their henchmen have no statute of limitations and will never be forgotten. And the neo-Nazism in Ukraine must be condemned and eradicated.

#Nebenzia: We call on international organizations, national governments, and the global community to give a frank assessment of the criminal actions by the Zelensky regime and to strongly condemn the bloody terrorist attack in #Starobelsk. russiaun.ru/en/news/222052…

🎙️ #Nebenzia at a UNSC briefing following the attack on Starobelsk: 💬 This was a deliberate strike targeting a civilian facility where children live and study; this strike was carried out at nighttime when the dormitory was full. ❗️ Under IHL, this constitutes a war crime.

'Where is the BBC? Where is CNN? Where are reps from Tokyo?' Russia's Human Rights Commissioner Lantratova knows why they didn’t come to Starobelsk 'They’re afraid of seeing the TRUTH' Kiev calls it an 'incident': 'is KILLING children an 'incident'?' x.com/RT_com/status/…

Kiev regime's terrorist attack has once again united people — they are laying flowers at the site of the tragedy in #Starobelsk. ▪️ The latest figures show 18 students perished and 43 people were injured in a targeted strike carried out by the Ukrainian Armed Formations.

❗️ The administration of the Head of Russia's Lugansk People's Republic has released preliminary lists (as of 12 pm noon of May 23) of the deceased, injured and missing students in #Starobelsk 📄 t.me/MFARussia/30022

⚡️ Russian MFA Spox Maria Zakharova: IN CONNECTION WITH OUTRIGHT LIES SPREAD YESTERDAY AT UNSC BY REPRESENTATIVES OF THE WEST, WE ARE ORGANIZING A VISIT TO STAROBELSK FOR FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS ACCREDITED IN MOSCOW. Hopefully, @BBCSteveR and @CNN won’t suddenly go on vacation.

❗️On the night of May 22, Ukrainian neo-Nazis struck the Pedagogical University in the LPR, where minors were staying. Repeated drone strikes. Three waves. Before the attack succeeded. The terrorist nature of the Kiev regime on full display. Any reaction from GAC?

⚡️ On May 22, the AFU carried out a barbaric terrorist attack on the Pedagogical University in LPR. 4 people killed, 40 injured, 18 missing. By targeting children, the Kiev regime & its handlers assume full responsibility for escalation of hostilities. t.me/MFARussia/30008

#KievRegimeCrimes ⚡️ Ambassador-at-Large Rodion #Miroshnik: On May 22, Ukrainian neo-Nazis deliberately attacked a civilian facility – the Starobelsk branch of Lugansk Pedagogical University. Up to 18 students & lecturers may be trapped under the rubble, rescue is underway.

🇷🇺🇧🇾 On May 21, Presidents of Russia & Belarus held joint nuclear forces exercises via videoconference. 💬 President #Putin: our nuclear triad must continue to serve as a reliable guarantor of the sovereignty of the Union State of Russia & Belarus. t.me/MFARussia/29988

💬 #Zakharova: Reports from the DRC & Uganda on an Ebola outbreak are concerning. We expect that the authorities in these countries, with support from partner states & relevant international organizations, will be able to contain the outbreak as quickly as possible.

💬 #Zakharova: The XVII International Economic Forum “Russia – Islamic World: #KazanForum” was held on May 12-17. This year, Kazan welcomed delegations from 99 countries. ☝️ The Forum’s results reaffirmed that Islamic civilisation countries are Russia’s reliable partners.

💬 #Zakharova: President Vladimir #Putin’s visit to China was the key event in this year’s Russia-China political calendar. A substantial package of intergovernmental & interagency documents was signed – around 40 in total. 🇷🇺🇨🇳 #RussiaChina

💬 #Zakharova: Amid the rabid anti-Russian hysteria engulfing Europe, Russia’s participation in the 61st @la_Biennale became a welcome breakthrough. 🤝 We thank the Italian authorities for taking all necessary measures to ensure the safety of the Russian delegation & exposition.