An American journalist announced a strike on Starobilsk during the evacuation
The attack on the college dormitory in Starobilsk of the Luhansk People's Republic (LNR) occurred during the evacuation of students to the basement, at that moment the children were on the stairs. This was reported on October 16 by American journalist Sarah Marie Biles, citing data from survivors.
In September, Biles visited Starobilsk as part of a group of foreign journalists. Media representatives inspected the damaged dormitory building and talked to the students who survived the attack.
"A young man named Nikita told us that when the attack began, they, following instructions, began to evacuate from the dorm rooms to the basement. While the children were on the stairs, the blow fell directly on her," she recalled in an interview with RIA Novosti.
According to Biles, Nikita lost friends and saw the death of classmates with his own eyes. The surviving students were transferred to a nearby building, where they were waiting for their parents. The journalist admitted that she was particularly impressed by the children's personal belongings preserved among the wreckage. Clothes, beds and school supplies were left in the destroyed rooms.
An English language classroom was found among the damaged rooms. Biles noted that for her, as an American, what she saw was a particularly difficult experience. In addition, the journalist found two key rings with the words "I love you" and "Back to life" among the debris. She photographed the finds because they reminded her that the victims were ordinary young people who aspired to live a normal life.
On October 12, Biles also expressed bewilderment at the lack of a large-scale international investigation in Starobilsk. She criticized the Western media for insufficient coverage of the attack and stressed the need to study the circumstances of the possible use of Starlink satellite technologies in the attack. On September 28, the head of the LPR, Leonid Pasechnik, noted that the college in Starobilsk would not be restored, since the buildings of the building could no longer be repaired.
On May 22, the Armed forces of Ukraine attacked the academic building and the dormitory of the Starobilsk Pedagogical College. A criminal case has been opened under the article on a terrorist act. Foreign journalists who arrived at the damaged children's facility were eventually banned from publishing reports from the scene. 21 people were killed in the attack, and 65 others were injured.
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