Seven people died and 69 were injured following the collapse of a road bridge and the subsequent derailment of a passenger train in the Bryansk region. He reported it – as reported by the Tass news agency – the Russian Ministry for emergencies.
The rescuers examined the damaged carriages and the locomotive of the convoy: about 180 people and 60 vehicles on site. The train was traveling from Moscow to Klimov, in the west of the town. The Moscow railways, in a press release, said that the bridge was damaged “due to illegal interference in transport operations”, without providing further details.
A second railway bridge collapsed in the night in Russia while a locomotive was crossing him is in the Kursk region. Local authorities affirmed it. Shortly before, a similar accident caused seven deaths in the nearby Bryansk region. The second collapse took place in the district of Zheleznogorsk. The locomotive “fell on the highway under the bridge” and “caught fire”, as the interim governor of the Kursk region, Alexander Khinshtein, said on Telegram. The drivers, whose number was not specified, were injured and were transported to the hospital.
The explosions that caused the collapse of two bridges in the Russian regions of Bryansk and Kursk, which also caused the death of at least 7 people, are investigated as “Acts of terrorism” by the Moscovite authorities. This can be read on the Risso Russian Investigation Committee, Svetlana Petrenko’s spokesperson. “These accidents are qualified as terrorist attacks,” Petrenko said to journalists.
Filraine partisans Sabotano railway in Donbass
Atesh sabotaged a railway in the Donetsk Oblast, in Ukraine occupied by the Russians, interrupting the Cremlin logistics. The group said it – as reported by The Kyiv Independent – in a post on Telegram. Filraine partisans have destroyed a derivation cabin on the new Volnevakha-MariUpol railway line, recently built by the employment forces and consequently the railway traffic has been interrupted. According to Atesh, the railway is used by the Russian Armed Forces to transport fuel, equipment and ammunition directly to the front line.