RUSSIA last night was rocked by three train crashes that killed at least seven people and left dozens injured.
Several heavy trucks came crashing down on a moving passenger train coming from Moscow after a bridge collapsed onto railway tracks in the Bryansk region.
EPAA damaged freight train following a railway bridge collapse in the Kursk region[/caption]
APEmergency workers at the damaged bridge after the crash of a freight train[/caption]
EPARussian rescuers working at the site after a bridge collapsed on a passenger train in Bryansk[/caption]
East2WestA smashed carriage of the train[/caption]
APAt least 69 people have been injured so far as rescuers continue to work at the scene[/caption]
At least 69 people have been injured so far as rescuers continue to work at the scene.
Just hours later, a second bridge collapsed in Russia’s Kursk region while a freight train was passing over it, according to Alexander Khinshtein, the acting governor of Kursk Oblast.
The driver of the train was reportedly left injured.
Russian authorities blamed “illegal interference” for thr Bryansk crash, with governor Alexander Bogomaz reportedly saying they were “blown up”.
Later in the night, an explosion reportedly ripped through a military logistics train in the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia region.
Ukraine’s military intelligence today claimed it had targeted the military train with fuel tankers, causing it to blow up and derail.
They put out a statement saying: “The ‘Freight Train’ was moving towards temporarily occupied Crimea.
“As a result of an explosion on the railway track, the train with fuel tanks and freight cars derailed.
“The key logistical artery of Muscovites in the occupied territories of the Zaporizhia region and Crimea was disrupted.”
Some Russian telegram channels – without any evidence – said the bridge in Bryansk was “blown up”.
Footage from Bryansk showed trucks and passenger cars ripped apart and lying on the tracks after the bridge collapsed.
Emergency workers were seen pulling out survivors from the train wreckage.
Moscow’s interregional transport prosecutor’s office said an investigation had been launched.
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