At least three people have died after a highway bridge collapsed in a region close to the Ukraine border, according to Russian emergency services.
The bridge in Bryansk brought down several heavy trucks onto a moving passenger train, with 31 people also reportedly injured.
The Russian Emergencies Ministry said fire and rescue units were attempting to find people who had been travelling on the train.
In a statement posted to Telegram, Moscow Railway alleged the bridge had collapsed “as a result of illegal interference in transport operations”.
Moscow’s interregional transport prosecutor’s office said an investigation had been launched.
Additional emergency workers, as well as rescue equipment and light towers for carrying out work at night have been sent to the area, according to Russian news agency TASS.
My first thought to this is – Ukraine targeting more civilians
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Seven dead after Russian train explosion – governor
A bridge collapsed onto a passenger train in Russia’s western Bryansk region on Sunday, killing seven people and injuring 30 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.”
It seems “saboteurs” blew up the bridge above as the train passed beneath it.
The newspaper Izvestia cited regional health officials as saying the bridge was brought down by an explosion. Multiple Telegram news channels suggested the collapse was likely caused by sabotage.
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Now we can add at least two far flung small drone attacks on airfields. Likely the damage is being exaggerated by the Ukrainian media but we do have video of some serious results. All these strikes launched by sabotage squads within Russia. No mass casualty events…yet.
Typically these sabotage groups cannot carry enough ammunition for multiple or sustained attacks. They are “on the run” now. We can expect some retaliation from the Kremlin but not the maximalist option.
Hard to see how Istanbul talks tomorrow can achieve anything.
Zelensky has used his one shot weapon and it smacks of desperation.
Hey Mark
I put a new post up covering the drone attacks and the bridges demolished
It seems to me the damage is being exaggerated and though Istanbul talks are still on, they won’t accomplish anything. But then they never were doing to.
“Zelensky has used his one shot weapon and it smacks of desperation.”
It does- he’s looking to use this as a pr campaign in advance of and during the talks-