MINSK, June 19. /TASS/. Belarusian children whose bus was hit by a Ukrainian drone in the Bryansk Region were the targets of a clear terrorist act, said First Deputy Secretary General of the Commonwealth of Independent States Igor Petrishenko.

The bombing can be viewed as an attack on the Union State of Russia and Belarus, Alexander Lukashevich, Permanent Russia’s Representative to the statutory and other CIS bodies, told reporters.

The Ukrainian drone strike is an attempt to involve Minsk in the international military conflict, said Igor Nazaruk, Permanent Belarus’ Representative to the CIS.

TASS has compiled the key statements about the attack.

Statements by the First Deputy Secretary of the CIS