Death toll in student dorm strike rises to 10, Russian-installed official says

Russia ‌on Friday accused Ukraine of what ‌it described as a deliberate drone strike in the town of Starobilsk with Russian President Vladimir ⁠Putin ​on ⁠Friday ordering his military to prepare options for ⁠retaliation. Leonid Pasechnik, head of the Russian-installed administration in ​the region, said that 10 people ⁠had been killed, 48 were injured and 11 ⁠were ​still unaccounted for. Ukraine's military denied the Russian accusations and said it ⁠had struck an elite drone command unit ⁠in ⁠the area.

The death ​toll from ​a drone strike ‌on a student ​dorm in the Russian-controlled Luhansk region ‌of eastern Ukraine has risen to 10 from six, a Russian-installed official said on Saturday. Russia ‌on Friday accused Ukraine of what ‌it described as a deliberate drone strike in the town of Starobilsk with Russian President Vladimir ⁠Putin ​on ⁠Friday ordering his military to prepare options for ⁠retaliation.

Leonid Pasechnik, head of the Russian-installed administration in ​the region, said that 10 people ⁠had been killed, 48 were injured and 11 ⁠were ​still unaccounted for. Ukraine's military denied the Russian accusations and said it ⁠had struck an elite drone command unit ⁠in ⁠the area. It said that Kyiv complied with international humanitarian law.