Putin Orders Retaliation Options After 16 Drones Kill 6 at Luhansk College
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Updated · Bloomberg · May 22
Putin Orders Retaliation Options After 16 Drones Kill 6 at Luhansk College
10 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · May 22
Putin told defense officials to prepare retaliation options after what he said was a Ukrainian drone strike on a technical college in Starobilsk, in Russian-occupied Luhansk.
Six people were killed, 39 wounded and 15 reported missing, according to Putin's televised Kremlin remarks on Friday.
Putin said 16 Ukrainian drones hit the college; the report frames the attack as a strike on civilian infrastructure in occupied territory.
The order points to a possible Russian response tied directly to the Starobilsk attack, adding another escalation risk in the war.
How will Putin's modified nuclear doctrine shape Russia's promised retaliation for this deadly college strike?
With schools in occupied lands used for indoctrination, are they still considered civilian targets?