Some 18 people may be trapped under rubble of attacked college in LPR — diplomat
A TASS report states that a Ukrainian drone attack targeted a college building and campus in Starobelsk, Lugansk People’s Republic. According to diplomat Rodion Miroshnik, 35 people were wounded and up to 18 students and instructors may still be trapped under the rubble.
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“About 18 students and instructors may remain under the rubble of a college building that came under a Ukrainian drone attack in Staropelsk in the Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR)”
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While multiple sources confirm a drone attack on a college in Starobelsk, none of the provided evidence mentions that 18 students and instructors remain under the rubble. The evidence focuses on the attack and the number of wounded, but does not mention missing persons or people trapped under rubble.
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— The Luhansk People's Republic (LPR; Russian: Луга́нская Наро́дная Респу́блика (ЛНР), romanised: Luganskaya Narodnaya Respublika (LNR), IPA: [lʊˈɡanskəjə nɐˈrodnəjə rʲɪˈspublʲɪkə]) is a disputed republ…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luhansk_People's_Republic
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luhansk_People's_Republic
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— Ukraine’s army has carried out a drone attack on a school building and a dormitory in Starobelsk (the Lugansk People’s Republic) overnight, the head of the republic, Leonid Pasechnik, said.
https://sputnikglobe.com/20260522/ukraine-attacks-school-in-…
https://sputnikglobe.com/20260522/ukraine-attacks-school-in-…
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— Ukrainian troops delivered a strike on a college building and campus in Starobelsk in the Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR), using drones. The attack left 35 people wounded, LPR head Leonid Pasechnik re…
https://tass.com/politics/2134839
https://tass.com/politics/2134839
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“On Thursday night, Ukrainian troops attacked a college building and campus in Starobelsk, using drones.”
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The claim that Ukrainian troops used drones to attack a college building and campus in Starobelsk is reported by multiple independent news sources, including TASS and another news report dated 22.05.2026, both citing LPR head Leonid Pasechnik.
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— The Katyn massacre was a series of mass executions of Poles carried out by the Soviet Union between April and May 1940. Though the killings also occurred in the NKVD prisons in Kalinin, Kharkiv and el…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katyn_massacre
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— This is a list of solved missing person cases of people who went missing in unknown locations or unknown circumstances that were eventually explained by their reappearance or the recovery of their bod…
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— Ukraine’s army has carried out a drone attack on a school building and a dormitory in Starobelsk (the Lugansk People’s Republic) overnight, the head of the republic, Leonid Pasechnik, said.
https://sputnikglobe.com/20260522/ukraine-attacks-school-in-…
https://sputnikglobe.com/20260522/ukraine-attacks-school-in-…
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“There were 86 children aged between 14 and 18 there at the time of the attack.”
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Two independent sources (TASS and the report dated 22.05.2026) specifically state that there were 86 children aged between 14 and 18 present at the time of the attack.
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— The 1938 Soviet Cup was an association football cup competition of the Soviet Union.
The competition was composed of qualification stage that contained several subgroups and the final stage.
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— This is a list of solved missing person cases of people who went missing in unknown locations or unknown circumstances that were eventually explained by their reappearance or the recovery of their bod…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_solved_missing_person_…
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— Around six million Polish citizens are estimated to have perished during World War II. Most were civilians killed by the actions of Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union, the Lithuanian Security Police, as w…
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“Thirty-five people sustained wounds of varying severity as a result.”
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The fact that 35 people were wounded as a result of the attack is explicitly mentioned in two independent sources: TASS and the report dated 22.05.2026.
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— Ukrainian troops delivered a strike on a college building and campus in Starobelsk in the Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR), using drones. The attack left 35 people wounded, LPR head Leonid Pasechnik re…
https://tass.com/politics/2134839
https://tass.com/politics/2134839
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— Ukraine’s army has carried out a drone attack on a school building and a dormitory in Starobelsk (the Lugansk People’s Republic) overnight, the head of the...
https://sputnikglobe.com/20260522/ukraine-attacks-school-in-…
https://sputnikglobe.com/20260522/ukraine-attacks-school-in-…
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— Three people were injured in Khmelnytskyi as a result of a Russian attack (Photo: REUTERS / Stringer). Russian forces attacked the city of Khmelnytskyi with drones on the afternoon of May 13, causing …
https://english.nv.ua/nation/drone-attack-on-khmelnytskyi-wi…
https://english.nv.ua/nation/drone-attack-on-khmelnytskyi-wi…
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