The first bridge in the Bryansk region of the border with Ukraine collapsed on Saturday on a bus from Krimav to Moscow, causing casualties.
Hours later, officials said the second train derailed when the collapsed bridge in the nearby Kursk region collapsed, which also bordered Ukraine.
Local acting state governor Alexander Khinshtein said Sunday that a freight train was exploded and the bridge collapsed during that collapse. He said the crash caused a fire, but no casualties were found.
Russia's investigation committee, the country's top criminal investigation agency, said in a statement that the explosion collapsed the two bridges, but did not provide further details.
In the past, some officials accused pro-Ukrainian saboteurs of attacking Russia's railway infrastructure. However, the details surrounding such events are limited and cannot be independently verified.
In a statement on Sunday, Ukraine's Ukrainian abbreviation Gur, known for its Ukrainian military intelligence said a Russian military freight train carrying food and fuel was blown up on its way to Crimea. It did not claim that the attack was conducted by Goul, nor did it mention the collapse of the bridge. The statement said Moscow's main “with the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia region and the arteries of Crimea” were destroyed.”
Since the Moscow invasion in February 2022, Russian troops have been entering the Zaporizhzhia region in eastern Ukraine. They took Crimea and annexed it in 2014.
