{"id":551735,"date":"2026-06-17T14:51:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T11:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=551735"},"modified":"2026-06-17T15:03:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T12:03:17","slug":"belarusian-foreign-ministry-issues-statement-on-drone-attack-on-bus-carrying-belarusian-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/belarusian-foreign-ministry-issues-statement-on-drone-attack-on-bus-carrying-belarusian-children","title":{"rendered":"Belarusian Foreign Ministry Issues Statement on Drone Attack on Bus Carrying Belarusian Children"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Belarus&#8217; Foreign Ministry has issued a statement in connection with a drone attack on a bus transporting Belarusian children in Russia&#8217;s Bryansk Region.<\/p>\n<p><em><i>&#8220;We strongly condemn the attack on a civilian bus carrying Belarusian citizens, including children, in the Bryansk Region of the Russian Federation. We regard this as yet another act of terrorism against civilians.<\/i><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><i>We demand comprehensive explanations from the Ukrainian side,&#8221;<\/i><\/em> according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/BelarusMFA\/913\">statement<\/a> distributed by Foreign Ministry spokesperson <b>Ruslan Varankou<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>He also stressed the need to prevent travel by citizens to conflict zones and adjacent regions.<\/p>\n<p><em><i>&#8220;In connection with this tragic incident, we consider it important to note the following.<\/i><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><i>We draw attention to the need for strict compliance with procedures governing the organisation of travel by groups of citizens, especially children, for recreation and health-related trips to foreign countries.<\/i><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><i>We also emphasise the obligation to ensure the complete exclusion of travel by citizens to conflict zones, areas of military operations and neighbouring regions,&#8221;<\/i><\/em> the statement said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Belarus&#8217; Foreign Ministry has issued a statement in connection with a drone attack on a bus transporting Belarusian children in Russia&#8217;s Bryansk Region. &#8220;We strongly condemn the attack on a civilian bus carrying Belarusian citizens, including children, in the Bryansk Region of the Russian Federation. We regard this as yet another act of terrorism against [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":551734,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/6a328d0f498e4.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Belarusian Foreign Ministry Issues Statement on Drone Attack on Bus Carrying Belarusian Children"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142339,142338,143090],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-551735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main","category-news","category-politics"],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=551735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551735\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/551734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=551735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=551735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=551735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}