💥 Attack

Ukrainian forces used FP-1/2 drones to strike Starobilsk College in Luhansk Oblast on May 21-22, damaging a dormitory and killing 21 students while injuring 63 others.

Starobilsk, Luhansk Oblast
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Stefan Korshak (Substack) Institute for the Study of War Meduza Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post

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Ukrainian drones hit a dormitory at Starobilsk College, killing 21 students and injuring 63.

Ukraine's General Staff stated the facility was a training center and headquarters for the Russian drone unit Rubikon.

Ukrainian forces struck a Rubikon Center headquarters near Starobilsk.

Ukrainian drones struck the colleges in Starobilsk on the night of May 21–22, killing 21 people and wounding many others.

The Ukrainian General Staff identified the target as a 'Rubikon unit command post,' which is the Russian Defense Ministry’s organization for drone development and deployment.

Witnesses stated there were no military facilities near the college, disputing Ukrainian claims about targeting a military headquarters.

A strike on a training facility in occupied Starobilsk killed 21 civilians and injured others.

The UN rights office pointed to a Ukrainian strike on what it described as an educational complex in the occupied city of Starobilsk on May 21-22.

Kyiv maintains that the strike targeted a legitimate military site, specifically an elite Russian drone warfare facility used to train and coordinate operators involved in attacks on Ukrainian cities.

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Extracted: 2026-07-18T16:57:30.934Z

Source story: day-1556b-2026-06-02