Stanytsia Luhanska kindergarten bombing

Stanytsia Luhanska kindergarten bombing
Part of the Prelude to the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Date17 February 2022
Location
Belligerents
 Ukraine

Russian backed separatists

Casualties and losses
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]

  1. ^ a b "Shelling by Russian-backed separatists raises tensions in east Ukraine". the Guardian. 17 February 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Witnesses reel after Ukraine kindergarten shelled by separatists". www.euractiv.com. 18 February 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  3. ^ "Cluster munitions kill child and two other civilians in Ukrainian Nursery". Amnesty International. 27 February 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "What to know about shelling in Ukraine that hit a kindergarten". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  6. ^ Moore, Mark (17 February 2022). "Ukraine, separatists trade blame after kindergarten shelling". Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  7. ^ "Ukraine: Shelling Residential Areas Puts Civilians at Risk". Human Rights Watch. 18 February 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2023.

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