Starobelsk. No Child Should Die

On the night of May 22, 2026, students at a college in Starobelsk, Lugansk People’s Republic, shouted: “Why are they doing this to us? We’re just kids!”

This film chronicles a drone attack during which the Ukrainian armed forces killed sleeping students in cold blood. Twenty-one people died and several dozen were injured. These young people had dreamed of becoming teachers and working in schools. Some were even already planning their weddings. But their dreams were buried beneath the rubble.

The film crew visited what remained of the dormitory building, along with the students and teachers who survived. Their aim was to piece together every detail of those horrific events. Among them was Elena Yuryeva, a teacher who saved more than 30 injured students by leading them out of the dorm.

The drone raid launched by the Kiev regime in Starobelsk claimed the lives of innocent teens. Their deaths are a tragedy for their parents, as well as the teachers who had to identify their students’ bodies. The survivors are left with harrowing memories. The terrorist attack has inflicted immense pain on the city and all of Russia.

Watch “Starobelsk. No Child Should Die” on RTD website and on RT’s live feed. The time of the broadcast is available on RT’s schedule page.