Overview
- Four freight wagons loaded with crushed stone derailed at Yanega station in Leningrad Region, delaying two passenger services and 17 freight trains, according to the North-West transport prosecutorate.
- A diesel locomotive coupled to an empty open wagon left the rails during shunting preparations at Volkhovstroy-1, with no injuries reported and no disruption to the timetable.
- Prosecutors initiated checks into compliance with railway safety laws following the Leningrad Region incidents, focusing on the operation of rail infrastructure and procedures.
- In Blagoveshchensk, a PAZ bus collided with a GAZ truck on Peschanya Street, injuring four people including a woman and a small child, and investigators opened a criminal case over services not meeting safety requirements.
- A cyclone in southern Kamchatka brought blizzard conditions and winds up to 30 m/s, contributing to a multi-vehicle crash in central Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky with no injuries reported so far as city officials urged residents to avoid driving.