Russians shelled a boarding school in Sudzha, over 90 people trapped under the rubble.

As a result of the attack by Russian troops on a boarding school in the city of Sudzha, Kursk region, 95 people have been trapped under the rubble, most of whom are elderly. Russian forces are conducting rescue operations.

Today, February 1, at 16:54, Russian aviation struck a guided aerial bomb (GAB) at the boarding school in the city of Sudzha, Kursk region. The strike was aimed deliberately. pic.twitter.com/yexiTvjM2G

— GLAVKOM (@GLAVCOM_UA) February 1, 2025

According to the information from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, local residents were in the building preparing for evacuation. The Russian authorities knew that civilians – women and children – were in the boarding school. The General Staff considers this attack a war crime by the Russian authorities against the civilian population.

Earlier, Russian media reported that Russian aviation attacked the boarding school for the elderly in Sudzha, Kursk region, twice.

Ukrainian troops have started an offensive in the Kursk region, attacking the villages of Berdyn and Velyke Soldatske in Kursk. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation considers this step by the Armed Forces of Ukraine a counterattack aimed at stopping the advance of Russian troops in the Kursk region.