Overview

• Regional governor Alexander Drozdenko reported a locomotive derailed near Semrino in the Gatchina district, where the trapped driver was extricated and died in an ambulance.
• Farther south in the region, a freight train with 15 tank cars derailed with no reported injuries, and the governor said the cars were empty.
• Investigators opened inquiries into a possible sabotage motive following the two Leningrad-region derailments early Sunday.
• An anonymous Ukrainian military intelligence source told AFP that Kyiv conducted weekend sabotage operations and claimed to have blown up track between Stroganovo and Mchinskaïa around 2:30 a.m., a detail not independently verified.
• The same source said Ukraine was behind a Saturday railway blast in Russia’s Oryol region that authorities say killed three Rosgvardia servicemen, illustrating contested accounts that include disagreement over whether derailed tank cars contained fuel.