Bilohorivka school bombing | |
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Part of the battle of Donbas (2022) | |
Location | Bilohorivka, Ukraine |
Coordinates | 48°55′39″N 38°14′46″E / 48.92750°N 38.24611°E |
Date | 7 May 2022 |
Deaths | 2 (confirmed) 60 (claim) |
Perpetrators | Russia |
On 7 May 2022, a school in Bilohorivka, Luhansk Oblast, was bombed by Russian forces during the Battle of Sievierodonetsk[1] in the Russian 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 President Volodymyr 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]