Overview

• An explosion on the Maloarkhangelsk–Glazunovka section in Oryol Oblast killed two Russian National Guard officers and seriously injured another, the regional governor said.
• Operational measures on the Orel–Kursk route led to delays for at least 10 trains, according to Moscow Railways.
• Ukrainian military intelligence says its units, together with Special Operations Forces, executed a uniquely complex effort to disrupt the Orel–Kursk and Saint Petersburg–Pskov lines.
• A separate blast overnight on the Saint Petersburg–Pskov route reportedly derailed a locomotive and destroyed 15 fuel tankers, a claim attributed to Ukrainian intelligence that has not been independently verified.
• Two unrelated derailments in Russia’s Leningrad region left a train driver dead, with the governor stating investigators are examining possible sabotage.