Belarus demands OSCE to assess UAV attack on bus near Bryansk
Minsk calls on the OSCE to give a principled assessment of the terrorist attack by a Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) on a bus carrying Belarusian children in the Bryansk region. This was announced on June 18 by Andrei Dapkiunas, Permanent Representative of Belarus to the organization.
"We call on the OSCE participating states to give a principled assessment of what happened and stop fueling the already explosive situation in the region," he was quoted as saying on the website of the republic's Foreign Ministry.
Dapkiunas also noted that Belarus regards the attack by Ukraine as a terrorist act against the civilian population. Minsk demands an immediate investigation of the incident and to bring the perpetrators to justice, he stressed.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked a bus carrying a children's football team from Gomel to Gelendzhik on June 17. The victim of the tragedy was one person, a woman who turned out to be the wife of one of the coaches. According to the latest information, eight people were injured.
The Investigative Committee of Russia has opened a criminal case on a terrorist act after the strike. Information about the incident was brought to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus, which demanded an explanation from Kiev. In addition, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered urgent assistance to all those affected.
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