The train derailed about 150 kilometers north of the Ukrainian border.
According to media reports, a bomb explosion has derailed a freight train in Bryansk, Russia, near the Ukrainian border. The governor of the Bryansk region told about it Aleksandr Bogomaz Sky News news channel (you switch to another service) and according to the news agency AFP.
However, no one was injured in the explosion, he said.
In its statement on Tuesday evening, the Russian railway company did not mention the bomb, but said that “about 20 carriages” of the train derailed near the village of Belje Berega, because “unauthorized persons had interfered with the work of railway traffic”. The incident halted rail traffic, the statement said.
According to the Russian governor Bogomaz’s statement, an unknown explosive caused the locomotive and several train cars to derail. The railway station near which the explosion occurred is located about two kilometers outside the center of Bryansk, he said.
AFP: There have been several similar sabotage attacks
According to Bogomaz, it was the second similar attack within two days. According to the governor, the previous attack on Monday took place near Unetsha, closer to the border with Ukraine, and the train also caught fire there.
According to the AFP news agency, there have been several similar sabotage attacks since Russia started its large-scale offensive war in Ukraine. However, Russian authorities have not previously confirmed attacks of this scale on rail traffic, AFP said.
Bryansk is located approximately 150 kilometers north of the Ukrainian border. The area serves as a logistical base for the Russian military operation.
In March, Bogomaz accused a “Ukrainian sabotage and intelligence group” of infiltrating the Russian side and killing a local civilian and wounding a 10-year-old child in the town of Ljubetshane.