Did Putin Send Lukashenko A "Retort" In Response To His Apology To Zelenskyy?

What's Behind the Drone Attack on a Bus Carrying Belarusian Children.

Statements by representatives of the Russian Federation regarding the alleged downing of a bus carrying a children's soccer team by a Ukrainian drone a bus carrying a children’s soccer team in the Bryansk region are untrue. This was stated in a comment to the publication “Zerkalo” by Major Andriy Kovalev, press secretary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

“We emphasize that during the specified period the Ukrainian Defense Forces did not use unmanned aerial vehicles against targets in the Bryansk region. We regard such reports as yet another information provocation by the Kremlin. Unable to achieve its stated objectives on the battlefield and suffering significant losses, the Russian Federation is increasingly resorting to information manipulation and fabricating accusations against Ukraine,” stated a spokesperson for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

He emphasized that, at the same time, “it is Russia that is systematically violating the norms of international humanitarian law by striking Ukrainian cities, residential neighborhoods, hospitals, schools, and other civilian targets.”

“As a result of the latest missile strikes on Ukrainian territory, particularly on Kyiv, dozens of civilians have been killed, including children,” Kovalev noted.

Meanwhile, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are striking exclusively at legitimate military targets and are not conducting combat operations against the civilian population, he noted.

Incidentally, this incident occurred just a few days after the publication of an interview with Alexander Lukashenko on the Al Arabiya television network. In it, the Belarusian autocrat apologized to Volodymyr Zelenskyy. He acknowledged the stalemate on the front lines and called on the parties to engage in negotiations.

It is possible that the attack by an unidentified drone on a bus carrying Belarusian children was the Kremlin leadership’s response to Lukashenko’s interview, as well as yet another attempt to drag Belarus into the war with Ukraine.

Pavel Dyadin, UDF

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