Kyiv posts Russian document rejecting claim of Ukrainian drone strike on bus carrying Belarusian children

The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) has released an official Russian document denying Ukraine's involvement in a strike on a bus carrying Belarusian citizens in Russia's Bryansk Oblast.

Source: Security Service of Ukraine

Details: The SSU said it has intercepted a report from the monitoring centre of the Bryansk Oblast state institution Safe Region as part of counter-intelligence measures. The report states that no Ukrainian drones were present in the district's airspace at the time of the bus incident.

The intercepted report said that:

• the so-called "RS OSh YNTs" (Russia's Regional Segment of the Operational Headquarters of the Unified National Centre) did not record any UAVs in the area of the incident;
• the presence of drones in the airspace was also not confirmed by the duty officer of the radar battalion in the Russian settlement of Suponevo;
• the duty officer of Russia's 32nd Division also did not confirm any drone flights at the specific time.

The SSU said it therefore has grounds to believe that the strike on the bus carrying Belarusian citizens in Russia's Bryansk Oblast was a special operation by Russian intelligence services.

Quote: "We note that the aggressor country has repeatedly accused Ukraine of crimes that were in fact committed by representatives of the Russian Federation. The Russian authorities use such incidents to conduct their own information and psychological operations and exert pressure on Ukraine in the international arena.

We stress once again that Ukraine and all the security and defence forces of our state strictly comply with the laws and customs of war and operate exclusively against legitimate military targets."

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