{"id":556432,"date":"2026-07-02T16:09:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T13:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=556432"},"modified":"2026-07-02T20:17:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T17:17:03","slug":"russia-opens-terrorism-investigation-into-strike-on-belarusian-bus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/russia-opens-terrorism-investigation-into-strike-on-belarusian-bus","title":{"rendered":"Russia Opens Terrorism Investigation Into Strike on Belarusian Bus"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Russia&#8217;s Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case on charges of a terrorist act (Article 205, Part 2, Clauses &#8220;a&#8221; and &#8220;v&#8221; of the Russian Criminal Code) following the strike on the Minsk\u2013Anapa bus carrying Belarusian tourists.<\/p>\n<p>The Investigative Committee alleges that the attack was carried out by <em>&#8220;Ukrainian armed formations.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;In the afternoon of July 2, 2026, after crossing the Russian-Belarusian border, a tourist bus from the Republic of Belarus was parked near the village of Krasny Kamen in the Zlynka District of Russia&#8217;s Bryansk Region.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>At that moment, the bus was attacked by an unmanned aerial vehicle, and an explosive device detonated in the immediate vicinity of the vehicle. As a result of this crime, the bus&#8217;s two drivers, both citizens of the Republic of Belarus, were injured. They received the necessary medical assistance,&#8221;<\/em> the Investigative Committee <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/sledcom_press\/30498\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to Belarusian state media, there were <a href=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/media-report-19-passengers-were-aboard-belarusian-bus-struck-by-drone-in-bryansk-region\">19 passengers on board the bus<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>All Belarusian citizens who were on the bus have been transported to the Homiel Region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia&#8217;s Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case on charges of a terrorist act (Article 205, Part 2, Clauses &#8220;a&#8221; and &#8220;v&#8221; of the Russian Criminal Code) following the strike on the Minsk\u2013Anapa bus carrying Belarusian tourists. The Investigative Committee alleges that the attack was carried out by &#8220;Ukrainian armed formations.&#8221; &#8220;In the afternoon of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":556431,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/6a469d1355c08.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Russia Opens Terrorism Investigation Into Strike on Belarusian Bus"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142338,143094],"tags":[143122],"class_list":["post-556432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-incident","tag-rossija"],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556432","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=556432"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556432\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/556431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=556432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=556432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=556432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}