Putin Accuses Ukraine of Deadly Attack on Student Dorm

UKRAINE – Vladimir Putin on Friday ordered his military to prepare options to retaliate against Ukraine for what he described as a drone attack on a student dorm that killed six people and wounded dozens, with 15 still unaccounted for.

Putin said the attack had struck the dorm in a Russian-controlled region in eastern Ukraine.

He said Kyiv’s military must have known what it was targeting.

Ukraine’s military denied the Russian accusations and said it had struck an elite drone command unit in the area.

It said that Kyiv complied with international humanitarian law.

Putin said in his own statement that there were no military targets near the dorm.