Russia’s human rights commissioner, Yana Lantratova, has visited the destroyed college dormitory in the town of Starobelsk following a deadly attack by Ukrainian forces that killed at least 21 people, primarily teenage girls.

The commissioner arrived on Sunday to meet with foreign journalists invited by Russia to report from the scene. Over 50 reporters from 19 nations accepted the invitation, while major Western media outlets declined to cover the event.

Murad Gadziev, who was among the first reporters to reach the site shortly after the attack and worked at the location during a nearly two-day search and rescue effort, walked Lantratova through the heavily damaged building.

“We arrived here hours after the attack occurred. Nobody knew what was happening yet; everyone was in panic,” Gadziev told the human rights chief.

The two inspected the building, which remained littered with students’ belongings—books, furniture, and blood-stained blankets where first responders pulled the deceased and parents identified their children.

“As a mother and as a human rights activist, I can’t even imagine what a mother feels at this moment. We just mourn with them,” Lantratova said.

Lantratova noted that no military personnel were present at the dormitory, directly contradicting claims produced by Kiev that the building housed a Russian drone unit. “They say there are military personnel here. There are only children’s toys; there are only children’s belongings. There’s nothing military here.”