{"id":208584,"date":"2026-10-22T19:18:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T16:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/208584\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T19:18:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T16:18:09","slug":"bryansk-governor-belarusian-truck-driver-wounded-in-drone-strike","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/208584\/","title":{"rendered":"Bryansk governor: Belarusian truck driver wounded in drone strike"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>October 22, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>A Belarusian national was wounded in a drone strike on a truck in Russia\u2019s Bryansk province, local governor Yegor Kovalchuk has said on Telegram following reports of the first wounded Belarusian in the province\u2019s Zhukov district earlier today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA truck driver was injured following a drone explosion near the village of Demenka in the Novozybkov urban district,\u201d he said. \u201cMedical personnel provided the necessary assistance, and the driver was prescribed outpatient treatment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kovalchuk also claimed that the Belarusian \u201cwas injured by attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces,\u201d but did not provide any evidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Several other attacks on Belarusian vehicles have been reported in the Bryansk province in recent months, including the October 8 strike that seriously injured a Belarusian woman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minsk supports Moscow\u2019s full-scale war against Ukraine, providing infrastructure and territory for Russian strikes.<\/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\/10\/lukashenko_kovalchuk_press_sl_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/lukashenko_kovalchuk_press_sl_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/lukashenko_kovalchuk_press_sl_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/lukashenko_kovalchuk_press_sl_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/lukashenko_kovalchuk_press_sl_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/lukashenko_kovalchuk_press_sl_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">\u0141uka\u0161enka thanks Bryansk governor for assistance to Belarusian victims of drone strikes<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">October 20, Pozirk. Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has thanked Yegor Kovalchuk, the visiting governor of Russia\u2019s Bryansk province, for assistance to Belarusians \u201cwho suffered from strikes by Ukrainian drones,\u201d the Belarusian leader\u2019s press office reported. Kovalchuk coordinated assistance to victims of a &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/208181\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 22, Pozirk. A Belarusian national was wounded in a drone strike on a truck in Russia\u2019s Bryansk province, local governor Yegor Kovalchuk has said on Telegram following reports of the first wounded Belarusian in the province\u2019s Zhukov district earlier today. \u201cA truck driver was injured following a drone explosion near the village of Demenka [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":187140,"template":"","rubric":[16,30],"class_list":["post-208584","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-security"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Bryansk governor: Belarusian truck driver wounded in drone strike | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"October 22, Pozirk. 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