Belarus’s Security Council State Secretary Alexander Volfovich called on the country’s residents to refrain from traveling to Russia, especially to the border areas.
Vulfović then made that call Messages Russian authorities announced that a Ukrainian drone attacked a tourist bus from Belarus in the Bryansk region. As stated by the Russian Investigative Committee, an explosive device exploded “in the immediate vicinity” of the bus. Two drivers and one passenger suffer.
“We warned, and the president spoke repeatedly and said: Dear Belarusians, refrain from traveling to Russia today, especially to the border areas. There, drones fall every day, and such bad things happen. We did not close the borders, it is everyone’s decision to go or not to go,” Volfovich said.
According to him, we are talking about “completely private trips of various citizens of Belarus who decided to go to Anapa on the Black Sea” and expose themselves to danger. The Foreign Minister added: “No one can guarantee your safety on such trips until the special military operation is over. We must think with our heads and make the right decision.”
how Notes According to Zirkalo’s post, the Russian and Belarusian versions of what happened differ. Thus, the ONT channel published another statement by Vulfović, stating that the bus was hit by accident. He added: “This is a bus that accidentally moved through the Bryansk region and a drone that accidentally fell on the road between two highways.” But the TV channel later quoted this quote It has been deleted.
In turn, Russian authorities claim that Ukraine deliberately attacked the Belarusian bus. In particular, on this topic male Russian Ambassador to Belarus Boris Gryzlov.
Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, too Named Residents of Belarus should not travel to Russia. Alexander Lukashenko did not comment on the situation. In the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine His name Information about a Ukrainian drone attack on a passenger bus as a “provocation.”
This is the second passenger bus from Belarus to be attacked in the Bryansk region. On June 17, Russian authorities said, a Ukrainian drone struck another bus. There were 44 people on board, including 28 children. These were pupils of a sports school from the Belarusian city of Rechitsa, who were sent on vacation to Gelendzhik. The collision led to the death of a woman who was accompanying the team. Six people were injured, including four children. Ukrainian intelligence services described the accusations as a provocation from Moscow.