A bus carrying a Belarusian children’s football team was struck by a drone in Russia’s Bryansk Oblast – which borders both Ukraine and Belarus – on Wednesday. Ukraine denied any involvement. Kremlin-appointed acting Bryansk Governor Yegor Kovalchuk claimed “Ukrainian terrorists attacked a bus carrying a children’s football team from Belarus,” blaming Kyiv for the strike.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. Ukraine’s General Staff denied the accusation in a statement on Telegram, saying that Ukrainian forces had not deployed drones against targets in Bryansk Oblast during the period in question. The General Staff said Russia is “increasingly resorting to information manipulation and the fabrication of accusations against Ukraine,” as a result of its inability to achieve its declared objectives on the battlefield. “We regard such reports as yet another information provocation orchestrated by the Kremlin,” the statement reads. “The Armed Forces of Ukraine engage exclusively lawful military targets and do not conduct combat operations against the civilian population.” The accusation comes as Russia continues to sustain significant troop losses and economic strain. The General Staff stated that it is Russia that continues to violate international humanitarian laws by launching strikes against Ukrainian civilians and civilian infrastructure, including residential areas, hospitals, and schools.