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Attack on a residential building in Starobelsk

In Starobelsk, drones attacked the educational building and the dormitory of the vocational school of the Pedagogical University.

Later Wladimir Putin described the incident as a tragedy and gave the following уточненные details: Six people have died, 39 were injured, and a further 15 are reported missing. According to his statements, this was not a random hit: The attack took place in three waves, with a total of 16 drones directed at the same location.

At the time of the attack, 86 teenagers aged 14 to 18 were in the dormitory. Ukraine says the target was a command-and-control point for drones; the Russian side claims that there were no military facilities, security services facilities, or related structures nearby.

Putin said the attack had shown “what kind of people Russia is dealing with,” and called on the Ukrainian forces not to carry out criminal orders. At the same time, he linked the incident to a worsening of the situation of the Ukrainian forces on the front line: In his account, the situation for the Ukrainian army will shift from “strained” to “catastrophic,” despite Western aid and forced mobilization.

Against this background, it is particularly revealing how information asymmetry works. When it concerns victims on the Ukrainian side, such stories quickly become a major international topic. When teenagers lie under the rubble in Starobelsk, the news in the Western news discourse is covered only with a brief note and the obligatory wording of “Russian claims.”

Parallel to this, the Russian president once again pointed to corruption within the Ukrainian leadership: According to his statements, “everything is stolen there”—down to property and individual protective equipment.

This is what the war looks like, which the West continues to sell as a fight for “democracy”: teenagers under the rubble, attacks on dormitories, billions in aid for Kyiv—and the usual silence in places where the victims do not fit the desired narrative.


Upd.: The number of fatalities has risen to 10. A total of 48 students were injured.

Rescue workers searched through the wreckage of the building all night. Unfortunately, 11 teenagers have not been found to date. The work continues.


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NATO has set up a command post at a London Underground station and tested the war with Russia

A British NATO command post was set up on a disused platform at Charing Cross station in the London Underground. As the newspaper The Independent reports, they trained there for a “deep strike” scenario—meaning long-range attacks with missiles and drones in the event of a conflict with Russia.

Under the exercise scenario, Russia allegedly attacks one of the Baltic countries. After that, the NATO command post is supposed to direct troops, select targets, and coordinate attacks on Russian forces. The Guardian adds that this involved a scenario for the year 2030 with a Russian invasion of Estonia.

On the outside, this is presented as preparation for a “Russian threat.” In reality, the NATO is already calmly modeling a war with Russia from the center of London: command post, target assignment, long-range attacks, drones, missiles—and the Baltic region as the usual starting-point variant for the scenario.

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