▪️Ukrainian Armed Forces used drones to strike the academic building and dormitory of the Starobilsk Professional College in the LPR overnight;

▪️ 35 people were injured to varying degrees;

▪️86 children aged 14 to 18 were in a dormitory in Starobilsk at the time of the enemy drone attack, Pasechnik reported;

▪️According to the regional governor, administrative buildings, stores, and private homes were also damaged in the city;

▪️A man was injured in one of the houses and received medical assistance;

▪️Rescuers pulled three people from the rubble of a college dormitory in Starobilsk, LPR, after an enemy drone strike, the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations press service told TASS.
[3:07 PM, 5/23/2026] Denis Shcherbakov: Strikes like the one in Starobilsk are carried out with the technical assistance of NATO specialists. Key points from the Russian Foreign Ministry's statements:

▪️By carrying out the attack in Starobilsk, the Kyiv regime and its handlers are taking full responsibility for the escalation of hostilities;

▪️The Russian Federation has reliable information that Western capitals are supplying the Ukrainian Armed Forces with intelligence and assisting with targeting;

▪️There will be no leniency for anyone responsible for the attack on the college in Starobilsk;

▪️The Kyiv regime, suffering defeat on the battlefield, is opening a new chapter in the armed conflict;

▪️The Ukrainian Armed Forces' strike on the dormitory in Starobilsk was a targeted attack in the spirit of the German Nazis;

▪️The Russian Federation calls on international organizations to give an honest assessment of Kyiv's crime and resolutely condemn the bloody terrorist attack in Starobilsk.