{"id":192406,"date":"2026-06-18T14:53:53","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T11:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/192406\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T14:53:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T11:53:55","slug":"foreign-ministry-blames-bus-strike-on-ukraine-ignoring-lukasenkas-warning-against-jumping-into-conclusions","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/192406\/","title":{"rendered":"Foreign ministry blames bus strike on Ukraine, ignoring \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s warning against jumping into conclusions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>June 18, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Belarus\u2019 foreign ministry has summoned Ivan Novytski, Ukraine\u2019s charge d\u2019affaires, to hand a note of protest in connection with a deadly drone attack on a Belarusian bus in Russia on June 17.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One Belarusian woman was killed, while five children and one adult were wounded in a drone strike in the Bryansk province that Moscow immediately blamed on Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minsk demanded \u201cexhaustive explanations\u201d and \u201can immediate and objective investigation\u201d from Kyiv, according to foreign ministry spokesman Rus\u0142an Varanko\u016d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s warning the same day that officials should not jump into premature conclusions, Varanko\u016d said that the foreign ministry had ordered its diplomats to convey \u201cexhaustive information\u201d about \u201cthe targeted strike by a Ukrainian military drone on a civilian bus.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u0141uka\u0161enka said during a meeting with military officials today that a Ukrainian drone was used, while also warning against drawing premature conclusions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u0141uka\u0161enka noted that \u201cconspiracy theories\u201d abound, with Ukrainians suggesting that the drone might have been \u201cpurchased by someone\u201d or that it could have been \u201csome kind of provocation\u201d by Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He warned that if \u201csomeone is provoking Belarus and trying to drag it into the war,\u201d it will \u201cend badly for those who are trying to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/avtobus_briansk_guber_kovalchukTG-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/avtobus_briansk_guber_kovalchukTG-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/avtobus_briansk_guber_kovalchukTG-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/avtobus_briansk_guber_kovalchukTG-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/avtobus_briansk_guber_kovalchukTG-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/avtobus_briansk_guber_kovalchukTG.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Security<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics, Security, Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">\u0141uka\u0161enka identifies drone as Ukrainian, warns against premature conclusions<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">June 18, Pozirk. Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka claimed during a meeting with military officials on Thursday that a Ukrainian drone was used in Wednesday\u2019s deadly attack on a Belarusian tour bus in Russia, while also warning against drawing premature conclusions. \u201cWe are &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/192392\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 18, Pozirk. Belarus\u2019 foreign ministry has summoned Ivan Novytski, Ukraine\u2019s charge d\u2019affaires, to hand a note of protest in connection with a deadly drone attack on a Belarusian bus in Russia on June 17. One Belarusian woman was killed, while five children and one adult were wounded in a drone strike in the Bryansk [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":93297,"template":"","rubric":[16,30],"class_list":["post-192406","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-security"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Foreign ministry blames bus strike on Ukraine, ignoring \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s warning against jumping into conclusions | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"June 18, Pozirk. 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