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 @ISIDEWITHNewsBorder ConflictBelarusDrone StrikeBryansk6 days ago

Drone strike hits Belarusian youth soccer team bus in Russia; Ukraine denies involvement

On Wednesday, a drone strike hit a bus carrying a Belarusian youth soccer team traveling through Russia's Bryansk region near the Ukrainian border.

The attack killed a female guide and injured at least six others, including four children who were returning from a vacation. Russian and Belarusian officials immediately blamed the Ukrainian military, labeling the strike a deliberate act of terrorism against civilians. Ukraine’s General Staff has vehemently denied the allegations, suggesting the incident might be a Russian "provocation" intended to damage Belarus's relationship with Ukraine.

Belarusian medical teams have been dispatched to evacuate the injured children back to Minsk for specialized treatment.

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 @ISIDEWITHlinked…6 days6D

Russia accuses Ukraine of attacking bus carrying schoolchildren, Kyiv denies it

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Bus with Belarus children's football team hit by a drone in Russia, Moscow claims

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 @ISIDEWITHlinked…6 days6D

Bus carrying Belarusian children’s soccer team struck by drones in Russia

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 @BF3LFJM from Kansas  commented…6 days6D

Ukraine is a fascist sympathetic state engaging in warfare for the sole purpose of furthering war mongering corporations at the cost of thousands of human lives.

 @BF3NRW7Independent from Illinois  commented…6 days6D

Drone Strikes can lead to civillian casualties and misidentification, they should be phased out

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Elizabeth Warren Walks Back Murder Comments

Congressional Democrats broadly denounced the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson Friday morning, after Republicans started accusing Sen. Elizabeth Warren of excusing violence.“No one's condoning this,” said Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Ill.). “Violence never is the right answer for anything. And it was a horrible murder, a tragic loss for his family.” Warren this week condemned the shooting, but added that people “can be pushed only so far.”"We'll say it over and over," Warren said on MSNBC’S “The ReidOut.” " Violence is never the answer. This guy [Luigi Mangione] gets a trial who's allegedly killed the CEO of UnitedHealth, but you can only push people so far, and then they start to take matters into their own hands."In a statement to POLITICO, Warren said, “Violence is never the answer. Period. I should have been much clearer that there is never a justification for murder.” Top Republicans denounced Warren's comments and the walked-back rhetoric, with House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) calling it “inappropriate and dangerous.”Some House Democrats asked about the incident on Thursday pivoted the conversation to discuss policy options on health care or gun safety.“I don't really know that this is really a space that Congress normally weighs in on,” said Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas). “But at the end of the day, I think it’s an opportunity, because now people are talking about health care and to talk about the fact that this industry has honestly not been as helpful as it could be.”“Violence is never the answer,” said Rep. Troy Carter (D-La.). “We know that there are people suffering, there’s great challenges in healthcare. There's great challenges, and people have, in fact, been wronged, but a process of governance is the way to address that, not violence.”And Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) who denounced the murder, said the killer should be prosecuted and that “I do know that allegedly a ghost gun was used, and we should also ban ghost guns. There's no reason for them beyond the streets.”

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