2 Bridge Collapses In 24 Hours, 7 Dead: Russia Says "Blasts" Caused Them

The areas in Russia's south have been under frequent Ukrainian attacks during the war that started with Russia's full-scale invasion more than three years ago.

Moscow:

Two bridges have collapsed overnight in different parts of Russian regions bordering Ukraine, derailing trains and killing at least seven people. Russian investigators on Sunday said they believed "explosions" had caused the collapse of bridges in Kursk and Bryansk regions. 

Russian authorities have not confirmed if both incidents were related, but investigators said that  "a road bridge collapsed as a result of a blast" in the Bryansk region at 10:50 pm (local time) on Saturday, while a "railway bridge was also blown up" in the Kursk region early on Sunday, at around 3:00 am. 

The areas in Russia's south have been under frequent Ukrainian attacks during the war that started with Russia's full-scale invasion more than three years ago. 

Late on Saturday, a highway bridge collapsed onto railway tracks, derailing an approaching train in the Bryansk region. Russia's Railways initially posted on the Telegram messaging app that the Bryansk bridge collapse was the result of an "illegal interference in the operation of transport", but the post was later removed.

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