Putin said that with the attack on Starobelsk, Ukraine gave a “new quality” to the entire war. Zelensky warns that Moscow is preparing a massive strike

Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting in connection with the investigation into the Ukrainian strike on the college building in Starobelsk.

“It seems that, consciously—precisely consciously—by committing a grave crime against children and teenagers at a pedagogical college in Starobelsk... the Kiev elite decided to open a new page in the series of their crimes, to give a new quality to the conflict as a whole,” Putin said and added: “Well, this is their choice.”

After that, he ended the open part of the meeting and moved on to the closed part.

Since May 29, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has been warning Ukrainians about the possibility of a massive Russian strike. He repeated this warning in the evening address on June 1: “There could be a massive attack. They prepared him. Our sky defenders are as ready as possible 24/7 with the supplies we have.”

On the night of May 22, the Ukrainian Armed Forces struck the city of Starobilsk in the annexed Lugansk region, partially destroying the buildings of the local college. As a result, 21 people between the ages of 18 and 21 died.
On the night of May 24, Russia launched a large-scale attack on Kiev and the Kiev region. For the third time during the war, the Oreshnik rocket was used. Two people were killed and more than 80 people were injured.