{"id":192988,"date":"2026-06-23T13:27:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T10:27:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/192988\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T13:27:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T10:27:31","slug":"russian-investigators-blame-ukrainian-military-for-drone-attack-on-belarusian-bus","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/192988\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian investigators blame Ukrainian military for drone attack on Belarusian bus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/avtobus1_kovalchuk_guberTG.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/avtobus1_kovalchuk_guberTG.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/avtobus1_kovalchuk_guberTG-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/avtobus1_kovalchuk_guberTG-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/avtobus1_kovalchuk_guberTG-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/avtobus1_kovalchuk_guberTG-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(acting Bryansk Governor Yegor Kovalchuk&#039;s Telegram channel)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>June 23, Pozirk. <\/strong>Svetlana Petrenko of Russia\u2019s Investigative Committee has blamed senior Ukrainian military commanders Robert Brovdi and Oleh Ivashchenko for ordering a drone attack on a Belarusian bus in Russia\u2019s Bryansk province on June 17, Russia\u2019s <em>TASS<\/em> reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The official also named three Ukrainian servicemen who allegedly carried out the attack and said Russia would put them on an international wanted list on terrorism charges. Petrenko added that investigators are still working to identify additional suspects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alaksandar Valfovi\u010d, state secretary of Belarus\u2019 Security Council, said yesterday that the drone strike was designed to pit Belarus against Ukraine and provoke \u201csome kind of a negative situation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On June 17, a Belarusian tour bus carrying 44 passengers, including 28 minors enrolled in a soccer program, was hit by a drone in Russia. Viktoryja Haro\u0161ka, the wife of a coach from the Re\u010dyca sports school for children, was killed in the attack. Six other people, including five children, were wounded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While warning against drawing premature conclusions, \u0141uka\u0161enka blamed the strike on a Ukrainian drone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine denied involvement, stating that Ukrainian forces did not use unmanned aerial vehicles against targets in Russia\u2019s Bryansk province on the day the bus was hit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/avtobus_briansk_guber_kovalchukTG-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/avtobus_briansk_guber_kovalchukTG-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/avtobus_briansk_guber_kovalchukTG-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/avtobus_briansk_guber_kovalchukTG-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/avtobus_briansk_guber_kovalchukTG-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/avtobus_briansk_guber_kovalchukTG.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Security<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics, Security<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Belarus\u2019 security chief: bus attack designed to pit Belarus against Ukraine<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">June 22, Pozirk. The deadly drone strike on a Belarusian bus in Russia last week was designed to pit Belarus against Ukraine and provoke \u201csome kind of a negative situation,\u201d Alaksandar Valfovi\u010d, state secretary of Belarus\u2019 Security Council, has said. &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/192817\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read <\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 23, Pozirk. Svetlana Petrenko of Russia\u2019s Investigative Committee has blamed senior Ukrainian military commanders Robert Brovdi and Oleh Ivashchenko for ordering a drone attack on a Belarusian bus in Russia\u2019s Bryansk province on June 17, Russia\u2019s TASS reports. The official also named three Ukrainian servicemen who allegedly carried out the attack and said Russia [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":192243,"template":"","rubric":[16,30,15],"class_list":["post-192988","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-security","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Russian investigators blame Ukrainian military for drone attack on Belarusian bus | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"June 23, Pozirk. 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