Russia's Putin vows retaliation after accusing Ukraine of hitting student dormitory
BBC • • world
Key Points:
- Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed retaliation after accusing Ukraine of a deadly drone attack on a student dormitory in Starobilsk, Luhansk region, which killed six people and injured 39, with 15 missing.
- Ukraine's military claimed it targeted the headquarters of Russia's elite Rubicon drone unit in Starobilsk, denying involvement with the dormitory strike and emphasizing adherence to international humanitarian law.
- Putin rejected Russian claims that the building was a military facility and denied that the strike resulted from Russian air defense or electronic warfare systems, ordering military proposals for retaliation.
- The attack reportedly involved three waves of 16 drones, with Russian state media showing footage of an injured student but no images of the deceased.
- Separately, Ukraine said it struck the FSB security service headquarters in the Russian-occupied Kherson region, continuing its targeting of Russian military infrastructure.