Ukraine-Russia war latest: Seven dead after Russian bridges collapse as ‘saboteurs hit’ Putin’s rail network
Multiple people dead after two Russian bridges collapse in ‘sabotage’
- Two bridges in western Russia collapsed overnight due to explosions, derailing two trains.
- In the Bryansk region, a bridge collapse caused a passenger train to crash, resulting in seven deaths and multiple injuries.
- A second train derailed in the Kursk region when a bridge collapsed, causing a freight train to fall onto the road below, but no casualties were reported.
- Russia's Investigative Committee confirmed explosions caused the collapses but provided no further details; some officials have previously blamed pro-Ukrainian saboteurs for similar incidents.
- Ukrainian military intelligence (GUR) reported that a Russian military freight train carrying supplies to Crimea was blown up, but did not claim responsibility for the bridge collapses.
