Belarusian Prosecutor General’s Office Opens Terrorism Case Over Attack in Bryansk Region

Reform.news Editorial Team · 13 October 2026, 15:57

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The Prosecutor General’s Office of Belarus has opened a criminal case under the article on an act of terrorism (Part 2, Article 289 of the Criminal Code). The case concerns an attack on a truck in Russia’s Bryansk Region in which a Belarusian citizen was injured.

“It has been established that on October 8, 2026, the 31-year-old victim sustained serious bodily injuries in an explosion following a drone attack on a vehicle travelling along the Bryansk–Novozybkov highway near the border with Ukraine,” the Prosecutor General’s Office press service reports.

The criminal case has been forwarded to the central office of the Investigative Committee for a preliminary investigation.

The Prosecutor General’s Office has drawn attention to what it described as “an increase in acts of terrorism against civilians in the border areas of Russia and Ukraine” and advised citizens not to travel to combat zones or nearby regions.

On October 8, the Foreign Ministry reported a drone strike on a truck bearing Belarusian registration plates in Russia’s Bryansk Region. The vehicle’s passenger, a Belarusian citizen, sustained serious injuries. Her limbs were amputated. Belarus’s Foreign Ministry said the attack had been carried out by a Ukrainian drone and described it as deliberate.