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| Explosive device causes train derailment in Russian border region | Explosive device causes train derailment in Russian border region |
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| A cargo train has veered off track in Russia’s Bryansk Region, according to local governor | A cargo train has veered off track in Russia’s Bryansk Region, according to local governor |
| An explosive device planted on the tracks has caused the derailment of a cargo train in Russia’s Bryansk Region, which borders Ukraine, the local governor has said. | An explosive device planted on the tracks has caused the derailment of a cargo train in Russia’s Bryansk Region, which borders Ukraine, the local governor has said. |
| “An unidentified explosive device has detonated, causing a locomotive of a cargo train to go off track,” Aleksandr Bogomaz wrote on Telegram on Monday. | “An unidentified explosive device has detonated, causing a locomotive of a cargo train to go off track,” Aleksandr Bogomaz wrote on Telegram on Monday. |
| The incident, which happened in the region’s Unechsky District, did not result in any casualties, the governor said. | The incident, which happened in the region’s Unechsky District, did not result in any casualties, the governor said. |
| Traffic on the affected line has been halted, with rescuers and other services working on site, he added. | Traffic on the affected line has been halted, with rescuers and other services working on site, he added. |
| Russian Railways has confirmed the incident, saying it occurred at 10:17 Moscow time (7:17 GMT) and caused the locomotive and seven cars to go off track. The engine also caught fire in the crash, it added. | |
| Early on Sunday, Bryansk Region came under one of the deadliest Ukrainian cross-border strikes since the outbreak of the conflict more than a year ago. The shelling of Suzemka village from a multiple rocket launcher left four civilians dead and two wounded, according local authorities. | |
| The Russian regions of Bryansk, Belgorod and Kursk, all of which border Ukraine, have been the targets of numerous drone and missile attacks by Kiev’s forces over the past year. | |
| The strikes have been directed against energy infrastructure and residential areas, resulting in several civilian deaths and many injuries, and in the destruction of property. | |
| Bryansk Region suffered a major terrorist incident in early March when a group of gunmen crossed the border from Ukraine before attacking civilians and planting explosive devices. Two people were killed and a ten-year-old boy wounded in that incursion. |