After the attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on a Belarusian bus with schoolchildren, a joint investigation by Belarus and Russia has been initiated.

      After the attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on a Belarusian bus with schoolchildren, a joint investigation by Belarus and Russia has been initiated.

      Photo: Official website of the President of the Russian Federation kremlin.ru June 18 – IA SM.News. President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko announced an extreme escalation of the situation on the one-and-a-half-thousand-kilometer southern border, requiring the transfer of troops to an enhanced service mode. The harsh reaction was prompted by the shelling of a bus with children by Ukrainian military in the Bryansk region, which was traveling from Rechitsa to Gelendzhik. As a result of this attack, a woman accompanying the group was killed, and eight others were injured. The Belarusian leader called the incident an act of open fascism and a provocation aimed at forcibly drawing Minsk into an armed conflict. In response to the tragedy, the president initiated a joint investigation with Russia into the terrorist act and banned any trips of organized children's groups without state control.

      Additionally, the country has urgently strengthened physical protection and security of all strategic infrastructure facilities. At the internal level, the president imposed a strict ban on the departure of children's groups abroad without official permission and direct state supervision. The introduction of total state control over children's trips will lead to a sharp decline in cross-border child tourism and a forced reorientation of camps to internal Belarusian routes. The buildup of troops and the transition to an enhanced service mode on the southern borders will require colossal unplanned expenses from the state budget, increasing the financial burden on the country's economy. Furthermore, such radical strengthening of defense and the involvement of Russian investigators will completely block any hidden channels of diplomatic communication between Minsk and Kyiv.

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      After the attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on a Belarusian bus with schoolchildren, a joint investigation by Belarus and Russia has been initiated.

      Photo: Official website of the President of the Russian Federation kremlin.ru

      June 18 – IA SM.News. 14:09 18.06.2026 Kazan.Sm.News - Kazan

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