Overview
- Russian regional authorities say a fixed‑wing drone hit a bus in the Bryansk Region that was transporting a children’s football team from Gomel to Gelendzhik.
- Officials reported one woman who was accompanying the team dead and varying counts of injured, with statements citing between six and eight people hurt and several children among the wounded.
- Kremlin and Foreign Ministry spokespeople publicly blamed the Ukrainian armed forces, called the incident a deliberate terrorist act, and issued strong condemnation.
- The Russian Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case classified as terrorism and said investigators are collecting evidence at the scene.
- Independent verification and a response from Ukrainian authorities are not present in the available reports and the differing official casualty figures remain unresolved, which could affect how other governments react.