| Bilohorivka school bombing | |
|---|---|
| Part of thebattle of Donbas (2022) | |
_cropped.jpg) The part of the school building after Russian shelling | |
| Location | Bilohorivka,Ukraine |
| Coordinates | 48°55′39″N38°14′46″E / 48.92750°N 38.24611°E /48.92750; 38.24611 |
| Date | 7 May 2022 |
| Deaths | 2 (confirmed) 60 (claim) |
| Perpetrators |  Russia |
On 7 May 2022, a school inBilohorivka,Luhansk Oblast, was bombed by Russian forces during theBattle of Sievierodonetsk[1] in theRussian invasion of Ukraine. The death of at least two people was confirmed while authorities said the actual death toll was close to 60.[2]
About ninety people were sheltering inside the building's basement at the time,[3] which PresidentVolodymyr Zelenskyy said was the majority of the village's population at that time.[1] The building was hit by a Russian airstrike, setting the building on fire and trapping large numbers of people inside.[4]
At least 30 people were rescued.[5] Two people were confirmed to have been killed, butGovernor of Luhansk OblastSerhiy Haidai said that the 60 remaining people were believed to have been killed.[6][7][needs update]
The attack was condemned by theUkrainian Foreign Ministry,[3] andUN secretary-generalAntonio Guterres, who said he was "appalled" by the attack.[8][9]
Liz Truss, the Britishforeign secretary, said that she was "horrified" and described the attack as constitutingwar crimes.[10]
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