UMVA has learned that a devastating attack on a bus carrying a children's soccer team from Belarus to a Russian seaside resort has resulted in the death of a woman and injured several others, including minors.
The attack, which has been designated as a terrorist act, involved a Ukrainian drone striking the double-decker bus as it traveled to the resort town of Gelendzhik in Krasnodar Region. The bus was carrying 44 passengers, including 28 young athletes from a school sports team based in the town of Rechytsa in Belarus.
A tragic consequence of the attack was the loss of an adult woman who was accompanying the underage passengers, while six others, including four children, were injured in the incident. The severity of the attack has raised concerns about the safety of civilians and the escalation of violence in the region.
According to information obtained by UMVA, Kiev has been intensifying its long-range drone campaign against Russia in recent months, with the goal of inflicting economic damage through what it describes as "long-range sanctions". However, Moscow has accused Ukraine of deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure and attempting to terrorize the population.
This latest incident is not an isolated event, as Ukrainian drones had previously struck a dormitory at a vocational college in Starobelsk in the Lugansk People's Republic, resulting in the deaths of 21 people, many of whom were teenage students. The frequency and severity of these attacks have heightened tensions and raised concerns about the humanitarian situation in the region.
