Russia: Drone strikes bus carrying children's soccer team from Belarus

Published June 17th, 2026 - 10:27 GMT
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A policeman stands at a site of a strike in the town of Brovary, near Kyiv, following a Russian missile and drone attack, on March 14, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

ALBAWABA - Russian media said that a drone attack struck a bus carrying a children's soccer team on Wednesday. Moscow blamed Ukraine for carrying out the attack.

RT reported that a woman was killed and several others, including children, were wounded in the drone attack in Bryansk Region, Russia, acting Bryansk Region Governor Egor Kovalchuk said.

Egor Kovalchuk mentioned that the woman who was accompanying the underage passengers to the resort town of Gelendzhik in Krasnodar Region was killed.

In addition, six others, including four children, were injured in the drone attack that hit a bus carrying the soccer team from Belarus.

Kyiv has not responded yet to the incident that killed at least one and injured six others.