{"id":586925,"date":"2026-10-08T16:17:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T13:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=586925"},"modified":"2026-10-08T19:12:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T16:12:11","slug":"belarusian-citizen-injured-in-drone-attack-on-truck-in-bryansk-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/belarusian-citizen-injured-in-drone-attack-on-truck-in-bryansk-region","title":{"rendered":"Belarusian Citizen Injured In Drone Attack On Truck In Bryansk Region"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>A Belarusian citizen was seriously injured in a drone attack on a truck with Belarusian license plates in Russia\u2019s Bryansk Region. The incident occurred on October 8.<\/p>\n<p>Belarusian Foreign Ministry spokesperson <b>Ruslan Varankou<\/b> said the woman required limb amputations due to severe injuries and is currently in intensive care.<\/p>\n<p><i>\u201cDue to the severe injuries she sustained, she required surgery, including limb amputations. The victim is currently in the intensive care unit in extremely serious but stabilized condition. She is on a ventilator. She is receiving full medical care,\u201d<\/i> Varankou <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/BelarusMFA\/1329\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Staff of the Belarusian Embassy in Russia and the embassy\u2019s branch in Smolensk are providing the necessary assistance and are in contact with local authorities and the medical facility.<\/p>\n<p>The Belarusian Foreign Ministry reiterated its recommendation against traveling to Russia.<\/p>\n<p><i>\u201cThe Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus previously warned of the increased danger and recommended that citizens refrain from traveling to this area. However, these warnings did not have the desired effect. Today\u2019s incident confirms the relevance of this recommendation,\u201d<\/i> Varankou said.<\/p>\n<p>The Foreign Ministry considers the situation an <i>attempt<\/i> to involve Belarus in the conflict.<\/p>\n<p><i>\u201cThe act committed is of an inhumane nature. We see it as an attempt to escalate the situation in the region, as well as part of coordinated actions aimed at involving Belarus in the conflict,\u201d<\/i> the Foreign Ministry representative said.<\/p>\n<p>Bryansk Region Governor <b>Yegor Kovalchuk<\/b> said that drones attacked two trucks today near the village of Smotrova Buda in the Klintsy District on the Bryansk\u2013Novozybkov highway.<\/p>\n<p><i>\u201cIn one case, the driver suffered shrapnel wounds; in the other, a female passenger was injured,\u201d<\/i> he <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/E_V_Kovalchuk\/3091\">wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Belarusian citizen was seriously injured in a drone attack on a truck with Belarusian license plates in Russia\u2019s Bryansk Region. The incident occurred on October 8. Belarusian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Ruslan Varankou said the woman required limb amputations due to severe injuries and is currently in intensive care. \u201cDue to the severe injuries she [&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\/10\/6ac7c0e0846a8.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Belarusian Citizen Injured In Drone Attack On Truck In Bryansk Region"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142339,142338,143284,143094],"tags":[143122],"class_list":["post-586925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-main","category-news","category-world","category-incident","tag-rossija"],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586925","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=586925"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586925\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":586926,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586925\/revisions\/586926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=586925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=586925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=586925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}