In a press conference, the spokesman highlighted the work of the Russian Foreign Ministry, the Defense Ministry, and other agencies “that were able to organize this important and necessary trip very quickly.”

He emphasized that media outlets that refused to go to Starobelsk under various pretexts cannot be considered objective in their coverage of what is happening in Ukraine.

“If we talk about the coverage of this tragedy, we haven’t heard any official statements condemning Kyiv. We haven’t seen any action that could be interpreted as condemning this barbaric terrorist attack against young people,” Peskov pointed out.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked the academic building and student residence of the Starobelsk school, a branch of the Luhansk State Pedagogical University, with drones. The school housed 86 minors.

Last Sunday, more than 50 foreign journalists went to the site of the tragedy, which claimed the lives of 21 people and left 44 injured, according to the latest official figures.

At the same time, the British television network BBC refused to send its staff to Starobelsk, while CNN claimed its journalists were on vacation.

The Luhansk authorities declared May 24 and 25 official days of mourning in memory of the victims of the attack.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, commenting on the situation, stated that the attack was not accidental and called it “terrorist,” emphasizing that there were no military installations or special services infrastructure in the vicinity of the attacked residence.

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