Drone Strike Kills 16 at Ukraine Student Dorm
A drone hit a student dorm in eastern Ukraine and killed 16 people. Most victims were young women.
The dorm was in the Luhansk region which Russia controls. Russian leaders blamed Ukraine for the strike.
Putin vowed to strike back. Ukraine said it did not hit the dorm.
Ukraine said it struck an elite Russian drone unit called Rubicon in a Russian-held region. The strike caused an emergency United Nations Security Council meeting.
Russia accused Ukraine of war crimes. Ukraine said the claim was false and unproven. Several countries asked for independent access to the site.
Klear Note — Russia and Ukraine have been at war since 2022. Luhansk is a region in eastern Ukraine that Russia controls. Both sides regularly accuse each other of attacks on civilians.