Bridges collapse, derailing trains in 2 Russian regions bordering Ukraine, 7 dead

Thomson Reuters

· Posted: Jun 01, 2025 5:34 AM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago

Two bridges collapsed successful antithetic Russian regions bordering Ukraine, derailing trains and sidesplitting astatine slightest 7 radical and injuring dozens, Russian authorities said aboriginal connected Sunday.

Reuters could not independently corroborate whether the incidents successful the neighbouring regions were related.

The illness successful the Kursk portion occurred aboriginal connected Sunday portion a freight bid was crossing the bridge, Alexander Khinshtein, acting politician of the region, and Russian Railways said connected Telegram.

"Part of the bid fell onto a roadworthy underneath the bridge," Khinshtein said. He added that the locomotive caught fire, which was rapidly extinguished. One of the drivers sustained limb injuries, and helium and the squad operating the bid were taken to a section hospital, Khinshtein added.

He posted a photograph of derailed carriages connected a damaged span implicit a road.

That followed an earlier incidental later Saturday successful which 7 radical were killed and 69 injured erstwhile a road span collapsed onto railway tracks, derailing an approaching bid successful the Bryansk region, Russian exigency ministry and determination officials said.

Russia's Railways initially posted connected the Telegram messaging app that the Bryansk span illness was the effect of an "illegal interference successful the cognition of transport," but the station was aboriginal removed.

Bryansk Governor Alexander Bogomaz said connected Telegram that 47 radical were hospitalized. Three children were among those injured with 1 successful superior condition, helium said.

Andrei Klishas, a elder subordinate of the Federation Council, Russia's precocious enclosure of parliament, said connected the Telegram messaging app that the incidental successful Bryansk shows that "Ukraine has agelong mislaid the attributes of a authorities and has turned into a violent enclave."

The areas successful Russia's southbound person been taxable to predominant attacks by Ukraine during the warfare that Russia started with its full-scale penetration much than 3 years ago.

Russia's Baza Telegram channel, which often publishes accusation from sources successful the information services and instrumentality enforcement, reported, without providing evidence, that according to preliminary information, the Bryansk span had been blown up.

Reuters could not independently verify the Baza report. There was nary contiguous remark from Ukraine.

Since the warfare began successful February 2022, determination person been continued cross-border shelling, drone strikes and covert raids from Ukraine into the Bryansk, Kursk and Belgorod regions that borderline Ukraine.

Russia's Ministry of Emergency Situations said connected Telegram that efforts to find and rescue victims successful the Bryansk incidental continued passim the night, and that immoderate 180 unit were progressive successful the operation.

Among those killed was the locomotive driver, Russia's authorities quality agencies reported, citing medics.

Social media pictures and videos showed passengers trying to assistance others ascent retired of the Bryansk train's damaged carriages successful the acheronian and firefighters looking for ways to scope passengers.

The bid was going from the municipality of Klimovo to Moscow, Russian Railways said. It collided with the collapsed span successful the country of a national road successful the Vygonichskyi territory of the Bryansk region, Bogomaz said. The territory lies immoderate 100 kilometres from the borderline with Ukraine.

U.S. President Donald Trump has urged Moscow and Kyiv to enactment unneurotic connected a woody to extremity the war, and Russia has projected a 2nd circular of face-to-face talks with Ukrainian officials successful Istanbul connected Monday.

Ukraine has not committed to attending the talks, saying it archetypal needed to spot Russia's proposals, portion a starring U.S. legislator warned Moscow it would beryllium "hit hard" by caller U.S. sanctions.

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