Rossotrudnichestvo: a blow to the House of Russian Culture is an unprovoked aggression

Rossotrudnichestvo regards the attack by Israel on the House of Russian Culture in the Lebanese capital Nabatiya as an unprovoked aggression. This was announced on March 9 in the press service of the department.

“The strike was unprovoked. We regard its destruction as an unprovoked aggression,” the Telegram channel of the Russian House wrote.

The statement stresses that no military activity was carried out in the building. Currently, the official representative office of Rossotrudnichestvo is located in Beirut.

The department also recalled the incident on October 10, 1973. Then, during the fourth Arab-Israeli war, the Soviet cultural center in Damascus (Syria) It was destroyed by a direct hit by Israeli bombs, which resulted in human casualties.

Russian Russian House in Beirut, Alexander Sorokin, said on the same day that the staff of the House of Russian Culture in the Lebanese city of Nabatiya, which was destroyed as a result of an attack by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), had managed to leave the building before the strike — no one was injured.

Earlier in the day, the Ruptly video agency also showed footage of the aftermath of the IDF attack on the House of Russian Culture. It was noted that the building was completely destroyed as a result of an Israeli strike. At the same time, in the video, the fire is not completely extinguished, thick columns of dark smoke continue to rise from the center.