Blast causes another freight train to derail in Russian region near Ukraine
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A train was derailed in Russia's western Bryansk region, which borders both Ukraine and Belarus.
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KYIV - An explosion derailed a freight train for the second day in a row in a Russian region bordering Ukraine on Tuesday, sending both the locomotive and some cars off the tracks, the authorities said.
The incident occurred in the western Bryansk region, which borders both Ukraine and Belarus.
Russian officials say pro-Ukrainian sabotage groups have made multiple attacks there since Russia invaded Ukraine
“An unidentified explosive device went off near the Snezhetskaya railway station. There were no casualties,” Bryansk regional governor Alexander Bogomaz wrote on Telegram.
“As a result of the incident, a locomotive and several wagons of a freight train derailed,” he added, without saying who was responsible.
Operator Russian Railways earlier said around 20 wagons had come off the track due to “unauthorised interference”.
Snezhetskaya is just to the south-east of Bryansk.
A freight train derailed around 150km to the west of Bryansk on Monday
Pictures of that incident shared on social media showed several tank carriages lying on their side and dark grey smoke billowing into the air. REUTERS
