Airstrike on Lugansk RSA building

Seven civilians were killed in an Ukraine air force strike on the Lugansk RSA (regional state administration) building on June 2, 2014.

tuS2UD1mbt0 Compressed evidence of attack, damage, casualties presented by Watchdog Media Institute. Part of a longer video which is part of the series Roses have Thorns

Video

 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLuInNXfXFk
 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgjTFE39J00
 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3wBXkR0rJ0
 * http://vk.com/video79889569_168849848
 * http://summer56.livejournal.com/134607.html

GRAPHIC!
 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofeZ-P_P0eA
 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUIiRPO0W28&list=PLmyeYXPoJZYpoojX_GF19WF7BJ2IdAgED (YouTube account terminated)
 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1gjiyeYLYE&list=PLBzPgzwMYEVk5Ds8sXRCcuM8Koth-rpJD

Su-25 ground attack plane fires missile:
 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUUsIzLqTG4
 * https://vk.com/feed?w=wall-55921885_281433
 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYdDUSXcgRI
 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc_syDyLfJY

In an interview on August 19 in front of the building a militia man says that Kiev eventually admitted that they did it, allegedly mistakenly and "missing the target". (see discussion here)
 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfqxY3CM6zs

Video analysis

 * An Assessment of the June 2 Luhansk Administration Building Attacks, Tom Giuretis, June 3, 2014
 * Analyses four videos via geolocation and triangulation, coming to the conclusion that the jet in the videos indeed fires missiles towards the administration building.

Photos of victims

 * https://pic.twitter.com/2SLPRDRacV
 * https://pic.twitter.com/e0PHyrMUbi
 * https://pic.twitter.com/VvMWxnO7bW
 * https://pic.twitter.com/DWMfKmT46a
 * https://pic.twitter.com/rIXqMBpX2D
 * https://pic.twitter.com/mAqnawZnk2

Denials


Ukraine denies any involvement in the airstrike

"Ukrainian officials killer continue cynical lie that the militias themselves accidentally fired on the RSA building with MANPADS"
 * http://rusvesna.su/news/1401724110
 * http://el-murid.livejournal.com/1839842.html
 * http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-06-02/photos-ukraine-civil-war-casualties-reported-city-lugansk-after-fighter-jet-attack
 * http://rusvesna.su/news/1401737467
 * http://rusvesna.info/news/266-eksperty-kiev-soznatelno-dezinformiruet-lyudey-o-detalyah-obstrela-zdaniya-lnr.html
 * http://novorossia.su/node/2236


 * Ukraine crisis: Border guards' centre is attacked – BBC, June 2, 2014
 * ''In Luhansk, there was an explosion in the main regional building seized by the separatists several weeks ago. It was not immediately known what caused the blast. Unconfirmed reports say there were casualties. Pro-Russian groups accused Ukraine's military of carrying out an air strike. Kiev denied the claim, suggesting that separatists in the building could have mishandled a portable anti-aircraft missile system.


 * Confirmed: Ukrainian air force fired over 150 missiles at Lugansk, bombed admin HQ – RT, June 03, 2014
 * http://voiceofrussia.com/news/2014_06_03/OSCE-mission-in-Ukraine-confirms-Lugansk-administration-building-was-hit-by-rockets-7476/
 * http://www.osce.org/node/119479
 * ''In Luhansk the situation remained volatile. On 2 June, shortly after 15:00 hrs, rockets hit the occupied regional administration building. Based on the SMM’s limited observation these strikes were the result of non-guided rockets shot from an aircraft. The number of casualties is unknown.

No-Fly Zone?

 * http://ria.ru/politics/20140602/1010319400.html Зюганов: необходимо объявить бесполетную зону над юго-востоком Украины] (Zyuganov: you need to declare a no-fly zone over the south-east of Ukraine) – РИА Новости, June 2, 2014
 * Zyuganov calls for no-fly zone over Donbas, Luhansk region – Interfax-Ukraine / Kyiv Post, June 2, 2014

Documentary

 * Roses Have Thorns (Part 11) Airstrike in Lugansk City Watchdog Media

Commentary

 * June 2, 2014: Ukraine’s Airstrikes In City Center Made It The Point Of No Return For Lugansk Tichon Goncharov, June 2, 2018