Kremlin Slams Ukraine for Terrorist Attack on Bus Carrying Children in Russia
19:31 17.06.2026 (Updated: 19:37 17.06.2026)
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Ukraine committed a terrorist attack by striking suing a drone a bus with a Belarusian youth football team in Russia's Bryansk Region, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday.
"[Russian President] Vladimir Putin called the Minister of Health Murashko and instructed him to take all necessary urgent measures to help the victims of the terrorist attack that the Kiev regime staged in the Bryansk Region, attacking a children's bus with a drone in which a football team was traveling," Peskov said.
Meanwhile, Russia Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova strongly condemns the Ukrainian attack on a bus with children from Belarus, and Vladimir Zelensky deliberately targets children with planned attacks.
"We strongly condemn this heinous crime of the Zelensky regime, which, contrary to its hypocritical statements about its alleged commitment to protecting children, deliberately puts them in danger and without hesitation, as was the case in Starobelsk, makes them the target of planned attacks by the Ukrainian armed forces," Zakharova said in a statement
Moscow is in direct contact with the Belarusian Foreign Ministry regarding Kiev's attack on the bus and is ready to provide Minsk with all the necessary assistance, the diplomat said.
Earlier in the day, acting governor Egor Kovalchuk said that Ukraine attacked a bus carrying a youth football team from the city of Gomel in Belarus near Russia's Bryansk. The ream was traveling to Gelendzhik for a vacation. A woman accompanying the team died, she was the wife of one of the coaches.
Earlier in the day, acting governor Egor Kovalchuk said that Ukraine attacked a bus carrying a youth football team from the city of Gomel in Belarus near Russia's Bryansk. The ream was traveling to Gelendzhik for a vacation. A woman accompanying the team died, she was the wife of one of the coaches.
"We call on international structures, national governments and the world community to give an honest assessment of the criminal acts of the Zelensky regime and strongly condemn this terrorist attack," Zakharova said.
The silence of international structures and the world community about the Ukrainian attack on the bus with children will mean approval and encouragement of Kiev terrorists to commit new bloody crimes, the spokeswoman added.
