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Russia Today
5 days ago
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- Russia Today
Seven dead after saboteurs bring down Russian bridge in front of train
A bridge collapsed in front of an oncoming passenger train in Russia's Bryansk Region on Sunday, killing seven people and injuring at least 69 others, the region's governor Alexander Bogomaz has said. While the exact cause of the incident remains unknown, Russian Railways said the bridge pillar collapsed due to 'illegal interference with transport operations.' The newspaper Izvestia cited a source who said the bridge may have been brought down by an explosion. However, emergency services and prosecutors have not confirmed that a blast occurred. Multiple Telegram news channels have suggested that the collapse was likely caused by sabotage. Bogomaz has not yet disclosed the number of victims, saying that "everything necessary is being done to provide assistance" to them. Videos circulating in Telegram show a crushed train carriage with passengers being evacuated through shattered windows, and emergency services responding at the scene. The collapse also reportedly affected vehicles on the bridge, which fell onto the railway below. Russia's Ministry of Emergency Situations (MChS) reported that fire and rescue units are actively working at the site of the bridge collapse. 'All necessary assistance is being provided to the victims. Additional MChS forces, emergency rescue equipment, and lighting towers for nighttime operations have been deployed to the area,' the ministry noted in an official statement. Just days earlier, a freight train in Russia's Belgorod Region ran over an explosive device planted under the tracks, causing a powerful blast. According to the governor Vyacheslav Gladkov, the explosion damaged the railway's contact network but caused no casualties. Both Bryansk Region and Belgorod Region border Ukraine and have seen numerous attacks.
Arab News
5 days ago
- General
- Arab News
Explosions caused 2 bridges in western Russia to collapse, officials say
Explosions caused two bridges to collapse and derailed two trains in western Russia overnight, officials said Sunday, without saying what had caused the blasts. In one of the incidents, seven people were killed and dozens were injured. The first bridge, in the Bryansk region on the border with Ukraine, collapsed on top of a passenger train on Saturday, causing the casualties. The train's driver was among those killed, state-run Russian Railways said. In that collapse, a freight train was thrown off its rails onto the road below as the explosion collapsed the bridge, local acting Gov. Alexander Khinshtein said Sunday. The crash sparked a fire, but there were no casualties, he said. Russia's Investigative Committee, the country's top criminal investigation agency, said in a statement that explosions had caused the two bridges to collapse, but did not give further details. Several hours later, it edited the statement, which was posted on social media, to remove the words 'explosions' but did not provide an explanation. The committee said that it would be investigating the incidents as potential acts of terrorism. Rescue workers cleared debris from both sites, while some of those injured were transported to Moscow for treatment. Photos posted by government agencies in Bryansk appeared to show train carriages ripped apart and lying amid fallen concrete from the collapsed bridge. Other footage on social media was apparently taken from inside vehicles on the road that had managed to avoid driving onto the bridge before it collapsed. Bryansk regional Gov. Alexander Bogomaz announced three days of mourning for the victims, starting Monday. Damage to railway tracks was also found Sunday by inspectors working on the line elsewhere in the Bryansk region, Moscow Railway said in a statement. It did not say whether the damage was linked to the collapsed bridges. In the past, some officials have accused pro-Ukrainian saboteurs of attacking Russia's railway infrastructure. The details surrounding such incidents, however, are limited and cannot be independently verified. Ukraine's military intelligence, known by the Ukrainian abbreviation GUR, said Sunday that a Russian military freight train carrying food and fuel had been blown up on its way to Crimea. It did not claim the attack was carried out by GUR or mention the bridge collapses. The statement said Moscow's key artery with the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia region and Crimea has been destroyed. Russia forces have been pushing into the region of Zaporizhzhia in eastern Ukraine since Moscow's full-scale invasion in February 2022. Russia took Crimea and annexed it in 2014.
Russia Today
5 days ago
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- Russia Today
Trains derailed by saboteurs in two Russian border regions: As it happened
Bridge collapses have derailed trains in two Russian regions, leaving at least seven people dead and multiple others wounded. On Saturday evening, a bridge fell in front of a moving train in Bryansk Region, killing seven people and injuring 71 others. Several hours later, early on Sunday, a railway bridge collapsed under a moving freight train in Kursk Region, leaving the driver and two of his assistants wounded. The Russian Investigative Committee said that both incidents were deliberate acts of sabotage. This live feed has ended.
Yahoo
5 days ago
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- Yahoo
One of bridges blown up in Russia was demolished due to irreparable damage
A bridge blown up in Russia's Bryansk Oblast on the night of 31 May – 1 June has been completely demolished as it cannot be repaired. Source: Kremlin-aligned Russian news agencies RIA Novosti and TASS Details: Regional Governor Alexander Bogomaz stated that the collapsed bridge in Bryansk Oblast cannot be repaired and that a new one will be built in its place. Later, specialised personnel used a controlled explosion to completely demolish the damaged bridge, TASS reported. Meanwhile, authorities plan to reopen a damaged bridge to traffic in Kursk Oblast. Acting Governor Alexander Khinshtein said that both road and rail traffic in Zheleznogorsk, Kursk Oblast, are expected to resume within four days following the incident. Background: Initially, a bridge collapsed in Russia's Bryansk Oblast while vehicles were on it. Reportedly, a passenger train was passing underneath at the time of the collapse. The incident resulted in seven deaths and around 70 injuries. Later, another bridge collapse occurred in Russia, this time in Kursk Oblast. The Russian Investigative Committee stated that the bridges in Bryansk and Kursk oblasts collapsed on the night of 30 May – 1 June due to explosions, and the cases are being investigated under terrorism charges. Support Ukrainska Pravda on Patreon!
Sky News
5 days ago
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- Sky News
Russia 'investigates bridge collapses as terrorist attacks' as seven people killed
Why you can trust Sky News Seven people have been killed and dozens are injured after two bridges collapsed overnight in different Russian regions bordering Ukraine. The Russian investigative committee said the incidents in the west of the country were being investigated as potential terrorist attacks. The top criminal investigation agency had previously said explosions were the cause but hours later it edited its statement to remove the words "explosions", without explanation. Debris from a road bridge came down on to railway tracks at 10.50pm local time on Saturday (8.50pm in the UK), derailing an approaching passenger train in Bryansk's Vygonichsky district. The driver and six others died. At least 69 people were injured in the crash, with the train travelling from Moscow to Klimov at the time. Local authorities blamed "illegal interference". At around 3am local time on Sunday (1am in the UK), a railway bridge came down in Kursk's Zheleznogorsk district, causing a passing freight train to fall on to the road below. The driver and his two assistants were injured in the crash, according to the committee. Its spokesperson Svetlana Petrenko said: "These incidents are qualified as terrorist attacks." Andrei Klishas, a senior member of the Federation Council, Russia's upper chamber of parliament, said the Bryansk incident showed that "Ukraine has long lost the attributes of a state and has turned into a terrorist enclave". There was no immediate comment from Ukraine. Since the start of the full-scale invasion that Russia launched more than three years ago, there has been continued cross-border shelling, drone strikes, and covert raids by Ukrainian forces into the Bryansk, Kursk and Belgorod regions that border Ukraine. Emergency workers are at the scene of the train derailment in Bryansk, attempting to pull survivors from the wreckage. Images from the scene showed passenger carriages ripped apart amid fallen concrete from the collapsed bridge. Other footage on social media appeared to be taken from inside vehicles which narrowly avoided driving on to the bridge before it collapsed.
