Back Bombardeo de la guardería de Stanitsa Luganska Spanish Stanõtsja Luhanska lasteaia pommitamine Estonian Bombardement de l'école maternelle de Stanytsia Louhanska French 斯塔尼齊亞-盧甘斯卡幼兒園襲擊事件 Chinese
 | This article needs to be updated. The reason given is: add information about how some politicians/analysts considered this a potential "false flag" by Russian forces. (November 2023) |
| Stanytsia Luhanska kindergarten bombing | |||||
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| Part of the Prelude to the Russian invasion of Ukraine | |||||
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 Ukraine |
Russian backed separatists | ||||
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| 3 wounded | |||||
The Stanytsia Luhanska kindergarten bombing was an event directly preceding the 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] It was shelling of a kindergarten in Stanytsia Luhanska on 17 February 2022 which injured three people, and left half the town without electricity.[1] It was performed by separatists shortly before the invasion.[2]
- ^ a b "Shelling by Russian-backed separatists raises tensions in east Ukraine". the Guardian. 17 February 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
- ^ a b "Witnesses reel after Ukraine kindergarten shelled by separatists". www.euractiv.com. 18 February 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
- ^ "Cluster munitions kill child and two other civilians in Ukrainian Nursery". Amnesty International. 27 February 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
- ^ Kramer, Andrew E.; Hopkins, Valerie (18 February 2022). "'A whistling sound, then an explosion': Shelling hits a kindergarten in Ukraine". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
- ^ "What to know about shelling in Ukraine that hit a kindergarten". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
- ^ Moore, Mark (17 February 2022). "Ukraine, separatists trade blame after kindergarten shelling". Retrieved 24 March 2023.
- ^ "Ukraine: Shelling Residential Areas Puts Civilians at Risk". Human Rights Watch. 18 February 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2023.