Belarus calls on Ukraine to stop provocative actions — foreign ministry

MINSK, October 9. /TASS/. Minsk reserves the right to respond to Kiev’s provocations and calls on it to refrain from actions leading to escalation, the Belarusian Foreign Ministry said following a Ukrainian drone attack on a Belarusian-registered truck in Russia’s borderline Bryansk Region.

Governor of Russia’s Bryansk Region Yegor Kovalchuk said on October 8 that on Thursday Ukrainian drones attacked two moving cars on the Bryansk-Novozybkov motor road near the village of Smotrov. The driver of one of the vehicles and a woman passenger of another vehicle were wounded. The woman is a Belarusian national. According to the Belarusian Foreign Ministry, the woman sustained severe injuries and needed surgery, including the amputation of her limbs.