Stanytsia Luhanska kindergarten bombing
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| Stanytsia Luhanska kindergarten bombing | |||||
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| Part of the Prelude to the Russian invasion of Ukraine | |||||
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The Stanytsia Luhanska kindergarten bombing was an event directly preceding the
2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] It was shelling of a kindergarten in Stanytsia Luhanska on 17 February 2022 which injured three people, and left half the town without electricity.[1] It was performed by separatists shortly before the invasion.[2]
Overview
On 17 February 2022, a mortar shell landed in a kindergarten in
LPR and Russian positions fired from somewhere near Mykolaivka or Luhansk towards Stanytsia Luhanska.[6][9][10] This was during the prelude before the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[11]
On February 26, the settlement was
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[12]
Reactions
Josep Borrell, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of the European Union (EU), stated that "such indiscriminate shelling of civilian infrastructures is totally unacceptable and represents a clear violation of the cease-fire and the Minsk agreements". Borrell also expressed the EU's support for Ukraine's internationally recognized borders and called for unrestricted access for the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine in the whole of the territory of Ukraine, including Russian-occupied areas.[13]
The Embassy of the United States in Kyiv called the attack a "heinous Russian violation of the Minsk Agreements" which demonstrated "Russia's disregard for Ukrainian civilians on both sides of the line of contact". The embassy also stated that "The aggressor in Donbas is clear - Russia".[14]
See also
- War crimes during the Russo-Ukrainian War
References
- ^ a b "Shelling by Russian-backed separatists raises tensions in east Ukraine". the Guardian. 17 February 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
- ^ a b "Witnesses reel after Ukraine kindergarten shelled by separatists". www.euractiv.com. 18 February 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
- ^ "Cluster munitions kill child and two other civilians in Ukrainian Nursery". Amnesty International. 27 February 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
- ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
- ^ a b Moore, Mark (17 February 2022). "Ukraine, separatists trade blame after kindergarten shelling". Retrieved 24 March 2023.
- ^ "Ukraine: Shelling Residential Areas Puts Civilians at Risk". Human Rights Watch. 18 February 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
- ^ "Russian-backed Ukraine rebels accuse government forces of mortar attack". Reuters. 17 February 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
- ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
- ^ "Occupiers shell Stanytsia Luhanska, damaging kindergarten. Two civilians injured". www.ukrinform.net. 17 February 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
- ^ "SPRAVDI". Telegram. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
- ^ Zorlu, Faruk (18 February 2022). "EU 'strongly' condemns kindergarten attack in eastern Ukraine". Anadolu Agency.
- ^ Zubkova, Dasha (18 February 2022). "U.S. Considers Kindergarten Shelling In Stanytsia Luhanska Minsk Agreements Violation By Russia". Ukranews.
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