The explosions were destroyed by two bridges in the Brian and Kursk region of Russia, while the Russian investigation considers events to be terrorist acts.
The collapse of two bridges in border areas with Ukraine was caused by explosions. On Sunday, Russian investigators said this and consider them “terrorist acts”, TASR reports according to AFP.
In the Brian region on Saturday at 22:50. (21:44 CEST) “As a result of the explosion, the road bridge collapsed to the railway line when a passenger train with 388 passengers heading for Moscow was passing underneath, the Russian investigation committee said in a statement. In the neighboring Kursk region on Sunday early in the morning around 3:00 am (2:00 CEST) “also exploded the railway bridge”, he added. The Most led the highway with parts of the freight train blocked the road.
Incident declared terrorism
“These incidents were classified as terrorist acts,” said Svetlana Petrenko, spokeswoman of the Russian Investigation Committee according to the RIA State Press Agency.
Ukraine did not comment on the incidents. The Ukrainian military intelligence service Hur said on Sunday that the explosion was derailed by a Russian military train carrying cargo and fuel tanks near the settlement of Jakymivka in the occupied part of the Zaporozka region. She did not sign up or entered the explosion, although Ukraine has in the past signed up for a series of attacks deep in Russia.
