Published June 17th, 2026 - 10:27 GMT
ALBAWABA - Russian media said that a drone attack struck a bus carrying a children's soccer team on Wednesday. Moscow blamed Ukraine for carrying out the attack.RT reported that a woman was killed and several others, including children, were wounded in the drone attack in Bryansk Region, Russia, acting Governor of the region Egor Kovalchuk said.Egor Kovalchuk mentioned that the woman who was accompanying the underage passengers to the resort town of Gelendzhik in Krasnodar Region was killed.Belarusian children were traveling from Homel to a holiday camp in Gelendzhik when their bus came under attack in Russia's Bryansk region. One adult was killed, and four children were injured.These are the tragic consequences of the war Putin unleashed against Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/1RULwGIE18— Hanna Liubakova (@HannaLiubakova) June 17, 2026 In addition, six others, including four children, were injured in the drone attack that hit a bus carrying the soccer team from Belarus.Kyiv has not responded yet to the incident that killed at least one and injured six others.It is worth noting that the bus was carrying 44 passengers, including 28 young athletes, according to Russia’s Investigative Committee. The strike has been designated a "terrorist attack", the agency added.The athletes are from a school sports team based in the town of Rechytsa in Belarus.
