Bilohorivka school bombing

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]

Bilohorivka school bombing
Part of the battle of Donbas (2022)
The part of the school building after Russian shelling
Location	Bilohorivka, Ukraine
Coordinates	48°55′39″N 38°14′46″E
Date	7 May 2022
Deaths	2 (confirmed) 60 (claim)
Perpetrators	Russia

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]

Aftermath

At least 30 people were rescued.^[5] Two people were confirmed to have been killed, but Governor of Luhansk Oblast Serhiy Haidai said that the 60 remaining people were believed to have been killed.^{[6][7][needs update]}

Reactions

The attack was condemned by the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry,^[3] and UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres, who said he was "appalled" by the attack.^[8][9]

Liz Truss, the British foreign secretary, said that she was "horrified" and described the attack as constituting war crimes.^[10]