“Three Waves of Drones Struck Students Asleep at Night”: Putin Says “This Is a Manifestation of Neo Nazism, We Will Not Remain Silent”

Moscow — Russian President Vladimir Putin has labelled the attack carried out by the Kiev regime on the student dormitory of the Starobelsk Pedagogical College as a manifestation of neo Nazism and has instructed the Ministry of Defence to submit proposals for a response.

During a meeting with graduates of the first cohort of the ‘Time of Heroes’ educational programme on Friday, President Putin presented a detailed account of the attack. According to him, on the night of May 22, while students were asleep, the neo Nazi regime that seized power in Kiev carried out a terrorist attack on the student dormitory of the Starobelsk Pedagogical College.

President Putin said, “According to the reports I have been receiving throughout this time, as of now, six people have been killed, 39 injured, and 15 are listed as missing, as debris removal continues. We will, of course, do everything to help the victims and the families of those killed.” Emphasising the fact that there are no military facilities, no intelligence or related service facilities near the dormitory, he stated, “Therefore, there are no grounds whatsoever to claim that the projectiles hit the building as a result of our air defence or electronic warfare systems.”

The Russian President made clear that this strike was not accidental. He said, “The strike came in three waves, with 16 UAVs hitting the same site.” He described the incident as a manifestation of neo Nazism and said it once again confirms the terrorist nature of the Kiev regime.

President Putin also discussed the background of such criminal conduct by the Kiev regime. He stated that for the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), the situation at the front is gradually turning from difficult and critical into catastrophic. “Neither Western aid, which is regularly stolen, they simply cannot resist stealing it, nor forced mobilisation, when people are rounded up in the streets like stray dogs and then thrown to the front, helps,” Putin said. Against this backdrop, desertion on the enemy side is also growing catastrophically and is becoming large scale, he added.

Noting that the situation for the ruling clique is further aggravated by all consuming corruption that is corroding society, Putin said, “In fact, they themselves are part of these corruption schemes. This is why they later help one another flee the country and escape to Israel and other countries abroad.” He stated that everyone knows perfectly well, both in Ukraine and around the world, that the Ukrainian authorities steal from absolutely everything.

The Russian President said the Kiev regime undoubtedly needs such crimes in order to divert attention from what is happening at the front and inside the country, to provoke a response from Russia, and then to blame everything on Russia. He also informed that the Foreign Ministry has been instructed to inform international organisations and the international community about this crime, and the Defence Ministry has been ordered to submit its proposals. At the end of his address, President Putin asked everyone to rise and observe a minute of silence in honour of those who were killed.