# Belarus's Prosecutor General's Office opens terrorism case after drone strike on truck in Bryansk Region

- URL: https://syn.by/en/state/belaruss-prosecutor-generals-office-opens-terrorism-case-after-drone-strike-on-truck-in-bryansk-region/
- Published: 2026-10-14T12:30:08+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-21T16:26:27+00:00
- Section: State
- Language: en
- RU edition: https://syn.by/ru/gosudarstvo/gyenprokuratura-byelarusi-vozbudila-dyelo-ob-aktye-tyerrorizma-poslye-udara-drona-po-gruzoviku-v-bryanskoy-oblasti.md
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> A 31-year-old Belarusian woman was injured in a vehicle with Belarusian plates. The Prosecutor General's Office asks Belarusians not to travel to combat zones and the regions adjoining them.

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The Prosecutor General's Office of Belarus has opened a criminal case on an act of terrorism under Part 2 of Article 289 of the Criminal Code. The case concerns an incident in Russia's Bryansk Region in which a Belarusian citizen was injured.

According to the Prosecutor General's Office, the 31-year-old victim suffered grave bodily injuries on 8 October 2026 in an explosion after a drone attack. The drone struck a vehicle travelling on the Bryansk–Novozybkov highway near the border with Ukraine.

The press service of Belarus's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that on 8 October a drone attacked a truck with Belarusian registration in Bryansk Region, and a Belarusian citizen was injured.

According to Belarusian media reports, the attack took place on Thursday, 8 October, on the A-240 highway near the village of Smotrova Buda close to Klintsy. According to those reports, drones attacked two moving trucks, and one of the strikes hit a vehicle with Belarusian plates.

The woman was seriously wounded in the drone attack.

The incident was reported to journalists by Ruslan Varankou, spokesman for Belarus's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Prosecutor General's Office later announced the opening of a terrorism case over the drone strike in which a Belarusian woman was injured.

According to pro-Russian outlets, Belarus's Ministry of Foreign Affairs had earlier said that attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on civilians are inhumane and could lead to escalation in the region.

The Prosecutor General's Office drew attention to what it described as increasingly frequent acts of terrorism against the civilian population in the border areas of Russia and Ukraine. For the sake of personal safety, the agency asks Belarusians to avoid travelling to combat zones and the regions adjoining them.

Telegram channels write that the drone attacked a heavy truck with Belarusian plates and that the woman had to have limbs amputated. This information has been published only in Telegram channels.

This is not the first time Belarusians or Belarusian property have been affected in Bryansk Region. The archive records four separate episodes in the region between 4 October 2024 and 3 September 2026.

In early 2026, a Belarusian locomotive was reported damaged in an explosion in Bryansk Region. On 18 June, Alexander Lukashenka commented on a drone attack on a bus carrying Belarusian citizens.

In connection with the current incident, non-state Belarusian outlets, unlike state ones, recall the June attack on a bus carrying children and teenagers from Homel Region. According to them, a woman was killed and eight people were injured, six of them children, members of a dance studio and young footballers.

The criminal case has been sent to the central office of the Investigative Committee to organise a preliminary investigation. It is not yet known when the investigation will begin.

Because of the serious injuries she sustained, the victim required surgery.