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Two Bridges Collapse in Russia’s Western Border Regions, Derailing Trains and Killing Seven

Authorities are investigating suspected sabotage following separate bridge collapses in Russia’s Bryansk region near Ukraine’s border, one causing a passenger train derailment that killed seven, the other derailing a freight train in Kursk.

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Bridge collapses in Russia as freight train passes over it, 2nd case in 24 hours
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Overview

  • A road bridge over railway tracks in Bryansk collapsed late on May 31 under a passenger train en route from Klimov to Moscow, killing seven people and injuring 30, including two children.
  • In the early hours of June 1, a bridge in Kursk’s Zheleznogorsk district gave way beneath a freight train, injuring the driver without any fatalities.
  • Russian Railways has blamed “illegal interference in transport operations” for both incidents and local prosecutors have opened investigations into possible explosions or sabotage.
  • Both Bryansk and Kursk regions border Ukraine and have endured cross-border shelling, drone strikes and covert raids since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022.
  • Separately, the pro-Ukraine Atesh partisan group claimed responsibility for sabotaging railway signalling in occupied Donetsk Oblast, highlighting renewed attacks on Russia’s logistics network.