{"id":551891,"date":"2026-06-17T21:54:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T18:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=551891"},"modified":"2026-09-11T09:13:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T06:13:18","slug":"injured-belarusians-in-bryansk-region-to-be-transported-to-belarus-on-lukashenka-s-orders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/injured-belarusians-in-bryansk-region-to-be-transported-to-belarus-on-lukashenka-s-orders","title":{"rendered":"Injured Belarusians in Bryansk Region to Be Transported to Belarus on Lukashenka\u2019s Orders"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Belarusian citizens injured in Russia\u2019s Bryansk region will be transported to Belarus for medical treatment. Health Minister Aliaksandr Khajayeu\u00a0<\/b>announced the decision, according to BelTA<\/a>.<\/p>\n

According to him, one adult and one child are in serious condition. The Russian side offered to provide treatment in Russian medical facilities, but Aliaksandr Lukashenka<\/b> instructed that the patients be transported to Belarus. A medical helicopter is currently being prepared for the evacuation.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur colleagues have reached the injured. Specialists from Moscow have also arrived. At the moment, an assessment of our patients\u2019 condition has been carried out. There are two seriously injured patients: one adult and one child,\u201d<\/i> he said.<\/p>\n

Earlier, specialists from Minsk, including anesthesiologists and intensive care physicians, pediatric surgeons, and experts from the Republican Center for Gunshot Trauma, were dispatched to Bryansk.<\/p>\n

Acting Governor of the Bryansk Region Yegor Kovalchuk<\/b> published<\/a> photographs from a hospital on his Telegram channel. The images are said to show people injured in the attack on the bus.<\/p>\n

\u201cBelarusian specialists have already arrived in Pochep, where the remaining passengers of the bus who were not injured are staying \u2014 36 people. All necessary conditions have been created for them at the temporary accommodation center that was promptly set up, and psychologists are working with them,\u201d<\/i> he wrote.<\/p>\n

Earlier reports said that a bus carrying 28 children from the football team of Rechytsa Youth Sports School No. 2 came under a drone strike<\/a> in Russia\u2019s Bryansk region on June 17. Russia\u2019s Investigative Committee said the drone was Ukrainian. The attack killed the wife of a coach accompanying the team. Eight people, including six children, were injured.<\/p>\n

The Ukrainian side rejects the accusations and describes the incident as an information provocation.<\/p>\n