Russian investigators examine the explosions that caused two bridges to collapse and derailed two trains in western Russia overnight as “terrorist actions”. Seven people were killed in one of the incidents and tens were injured.
Officials did not mention what caused the explosions. Both explosions occurred in Russian regions bordering with Ukraine. The incident comes only the day before Russia-Ukraine planned Monday 2 June.
Bryansk Region Bridge will collapse
The first bridge in the Bryansk region on the border with Ukraine collapsed on Saturday on a passenger train, which caused victims.
“The bridge was fired while the Klimovo-mosquito train went through 388 passengers on board,” said Governor Alexander Bogomaz, mentioning Russian television, mentioning Reuters.
Koursk Region Bridge will collapse
Hours after the collapse of the Bryansk Region Bridge said that officials said that the second train was derailed when the bridge below it collapsed in the nearby area of Kursk, which also borders Ukraine.
In the second collapse, a freight train was fired from his rails on the road under the explosion when the bridge collapsed, a local actor said on Sunday. Alexander Khinshtein. The accident caused fire, but there were no victims, he said.
Photographs shared by government agencies from the place in the Russian region of Bryansk showed that the cars torn the trains and dispersed between pieces of concrete from the collapsed bridge.
Other videos circulating on social media, reportedly recorded from internal vehicles that tightly avoided the bridge before retreating.
Russia-Ukraine conflict
Russian regions bordering with Ukraine were exposed to frequent attacks in Ukraine because Russia attacked Ukraine in February 2022. Both sides accuse the other of the targeting for civilians and deny both such accusations.
Although Ukraine did not have an immediate commentary on the explosion, Russian politicians stood by Ukraine and stated that it was clearly sabotage aimed at derailing the peace interviews that the United States demanded, they reported on agencies.
“This is certainly the work of Ukrainian special services,” said the chairman of the Defense Committee of the Lower Chamber of the Russian Parliament, Andrei Kartapolov, reported Reuters.
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