The Security Service of Ukraine has intercepted an official Russian document denying Ukraine’s involvement in the attack on a bus carrying Belarusian citizens in the Bryansk Oblast of the Russian Federation.
This document is an information report from the monitoring center of the “Safe Region” State Public Institution of the Bryansk Oblast. The document was obtained during counterintelligence operations by the SBU. The report states that at the time of the incident involving the bus, there were no Ukrainian UAVs in the airspace of the region.
In particular, the intercepted report states that:
▪️ The so-called “RS OSH ENC” (Regional Segment of the Operational Headquarters of the Unified National Center) did not detect any UAVs in the area of the incident;
▪️ the presence of drones in the airspace was also not confirmed by the duty officer of the radar battalion in the Russian settlement of Suponevo;
▪️ in addition, the duty officer of the 32nd Division of the occupying forces did not confirm any drone flights at the relevant time.
Thus, the SBU has grounds to believe that the attack on a bus carrying Belarusian citizens in the Bryansk Region of the Russian Federation was a special operation carried out by Russian special services.
We note that the aggressor country has repeatedly accused Ukraine of crimes committed by representatives of the Russian Federation. The Russian authorities use such incidents to carry out their own information and psychological operations and to exert pressure on Ukraine on the international stage.
At the same time, we emphasize once again that Ukraine and all of our country’s security and defense forces strictly adhere to the laws and customs of war and operate exclusively for legitimate military purposes.
Source: Security Service of Ukraine