Passenger and freight train crash in western Russia, several dead

By Euronews with AP

Published on 01/06/2025 - 11:03 GMT+2

The first bridge, successful nan Bryansk region connected nan separator pinch Ukraine, collapsed connected apical of a rider train from Klimov to Moscow connected Saturday, causing nan casualties.

Hours later, officials said a 2nd train was derailed erstwhile nan span beneath it collapsed successful nan adjacent Kursk region, which besides borders Ukraine.

In that collapse, a freight train was thrown disconnected its rails onto nan roadworthy beneath arsenic an detonation collapsed nan bridge, section acting Governor Alexander Khinshtein said connected Sunday. The clang sparked a fire, but location were nary casualties, he said.

Russia’s Investigative Committee, nan country’s apical criminal investigation agency, said successful a connection that explosions had caused nan 2 bridges to collapse, but did not springiness further details.

In nan past, immoderate officials person accused pro-Ukrainian saboteurs of attacking Russia's railway infrastructure. The specifications surrounding specified incidents, however, are constricted and cannot beryllium independently verified.

In a connection Sunday, Ukraine’s subject intelligence, known by nan Ukrainian abbreviation GUR, said a Russian subject freight train carrying nutrient and substance had been blown up connected its measurement to Crimea. It did not declare nan onslaught was carried retired by GUR aliases mention nan span collapses. The connection said Moscow's cardinal “artery pinch nan Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia region and Crimea has been destroyed”.

Russian forces person been pushing into nan region of Zaporizhzhia successful eastbound Ukraine since Moscow's penetration successful February 2022. They took Crimea and annexed it successful 2014.