{"id":556424,"date":"2026-07-02T15:52:46","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T12:52:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=556424"},"modified":"2026-07-02T20:15:05","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T17:15:05","slug":"belarusian-citizens-from-bus-hit-by-drone-transported-to-homiel-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/belarusian-citizens-from-bus-hit-by-drone-transported-to-homiel-region","title":{"rendered":"Belarusian Citizens From Bus Hit by Drone Transported to Homiel Region"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Belarusian citizens who were aboard the bus struck by a drone in Russia&#8217;s Bryansk Region have been transported to the Homiel Region, acting Bryansk Region Governor <b>Yegor Kovalchuk<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/E_V_Kovalchuk\/958\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Kovalchuk described the attack as <em>&#8220;a deliberate Ukrainian strike against civilians.&#8221;<\/em> According to him, the tourist bus was attacked by a fixed-wing drone.<\/p>\n<p>The two drivers sustained shrapnel injuries and received medical treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Psychologists worked with the passengers at a temporary accommodation center, where they were also provided with hot meals.<\/p>\n<p>The Belarusian citizens have since been transported to the Homiel Region. Six Russian citizens remain at the temporary accommodation center.<\/p>\n<p>As previously reported, on July 2 a drone struck a passenger bus operating on the Minsk\u2013Anapa route in the Zlynka District of Russia&#8217;s Bryansk Region. Belarusian state media earlier <a href=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/media-report-19-passengers-were-aboard-belarusian-bus-struck-by-drone-in-bryansk-region\">reported<\/a> that there were 19 passengers on board.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Belarusian citizens who were aboard the bus struck by a drone in Russia&#8217;s Bryansk Region have been transported to the Homiel Region, acting Bryansk Region Governor Yegor Kovalchuk said. Kovalchuk described the attack as &#8220;a deliberate Ukrainian strike against civilians.&#8221; According to him, the tourist bus was attacked by a fixed-wing drone. The two drivers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/6a469c9d4651a.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Belarusian Citizens From Bus Hit by Drone Transported to Homiel Region"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142338,143094],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-556424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-incident"],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556424","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=556424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556424\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=556424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=556424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=556424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}