All those responsible for the deadly attack on the Luhansk school must be punished, Putin has said

 

According to reports by Russian media including Russia’s“Vesti.ru” news network, regarding the recent attack on a school in the city of Old Belisk in the Luhansk region, Russian President Putin said at a meeting on June 1 that, all the perpetrators must be punished.

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The meeting was about the progress of the investigation into the“Terrorist attack” in the city of Starobilsk and discussing measures to support victims, according to the Kremlin website. Putin, the Russian Federation attorney-general of Australia, the chairman of the Investigation Committee Basterrekin and other personnel attended the meeting.

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Putin attends a meeting on June 1. Source: kremlin.com

Putin told the meeting, “It is no accident that I invited the Prosecutor General and the chairman of the Investigative Committee to the meeting. Please provide an assessment of what happened and report on the progress made in identifying the perpetrators. They must be punished, and they will be punished.”.

According to reports by the Russian satellite news agency and other media, on May 22, the Ukrainian army used a drone to launch an attack on the teaching building and student dormitories of a school in the Luhansk region. When the attack occurred, there were 86 people between the ages of 14 and 18 in the building. The attack killed 21 people. Ukraine’s military denies attacking schools.

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