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Rail Explosions Disrupt Kyiv Routes After Oryol Track Bombing Kills Two

Officials are investigating the Kyiv-area blasts with the cause still unconfirmed.

Overview

  • Overnight blasts damaged railway infrastructure in Kyiv Oblast, prompting the evacuation of about 240 passengers, route changes and delays, with no deaths reported and three people treated for shock.
  • Ukrzaliznytsia said the KharkivPrzemysl train continued its journey after the evacuation, and regional authorities said the incident was not linked to a Russian attack as emergency crews worked the site.
  • ZN.UA, citing unnamed sources, reported that munitions being transported by train detonated near Kalynivka, a claim officials have not confirmed.
  • In Russia’s Oryol Oblast on Sept. 13, an explosive device on railway tracks killed two Russian National Guard officers and critically injured another during an inspection, delaying multiple trains as a search for suspects was launched.
  • Across Ukraine over the past day, officials reported seven civilians killed and 34 injured during Russian strikes, while the Air Force said it shot down 52 of 58 drones and regional reports detailed a missile strike on Dnipro, attacks in Dnipropetrovsk, and casualties in Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, Donetsk and Kherson.