RIA on June 19 quoted Ukrainian President Zelenskiy saying Belarus has deployed systems on the Belarus–Ukraine border to coordinate fire and urging President Lukashenko to remove them within a week, warning Ukraine will act itself if they are not. RIA said this followed an incident two days earlier in Russia’s Bryansk region where a Ukrainian military drone struck a coach carrying Belarusian children; Lukashenko called the strike a brazen fascist act and demanded an explanation from Kyiv.

2026-06-20

RIA on June 19 quoted Ukrainian President Zelenskiy saying Belarus has deployed systems on the Belarus–Ukraine border to coordinate fire and urging President Lukashenko to remove them within a week, warning Ukraine will act itself if they are not. RIA said this followed an incident two days earlier in Russia’s Bryansk region where a Ukrainian military drone struck a coach carrying Belarusian children; Lukashenko called the strike a brazen fascist act and demanded an explanation from Kyiv.