A Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group was spotted in the area of the blown-up bridge in the Bryansk region. The death toll has risen. What is known at the moment?
Seven people have died as a result of the collapse of a bridge onto a passenger train in the Bryansk region, the governor of the region, Alexander Bogomaz, specified their number.
"By this hour, the number of victims is 69 people, including three children. Three victims are in serious condition, including one child," Alexander Bogomaz, governor of the Bryansk region.
44 people have been hospitalized, 22 are being observed as outpatients, the governor added.
Earlier, the head of the region reported 35 victims, one child was planned to be delivered by air ambulance to Moscow. 16 ambulance crews and buses were working at the scene to evacuate passengers to temporary accommodation points. Emergency rescue operations are ongoing.
A one-year-old child went missing after the bridge collapse, rescuers began searching for him, Shot reported.
Earlier it became known that the train driver and assistant, as well as two passengers, were the victims of the emergency. A five- to six-month-old infant was injured and is in serious condition.
The train derailed after a section of the bridge collapsed on it. Several channels published footage from the scene of the incident, passengers helping other people get out of the cars.
Preliminary, the cause of the collapse could have been an explosion. Shot noted that four explosive devices were planted: on the supports and sleepers. The official version of an explosion has not yet been confirmed.
According to the press service of the Moscow Railway, the bridge collapsed due to "illegal interference in transport activities."
A truck driver was injured in the bridge collapse
The driver of a truck transporting Miratorg products was injured in the bridge collapse, the company reported.
Earlier it became known that the Miratorg truck was driving on the bridge at the moment when the Klimov-Moscow passenger train was passing below.
The driver is receiving medical assistance, the company's transport support is provided via bypass routes, traffic on the A-240 highway is blocked.
The collapse occurred literally a couple of seconds before the passenger train passed underneath it, the Shot Telegram channel reported.
According to its information, the locomotive rammed the already collapsed bridge structure. The track fell onto the rails at an angle of 45 degrees together with the truck driving along it. The impact fell on the driver's cabin, he and his assistant did not survive, and the first carriage was literally flattened.
A Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group was spotted in the area of the blown-up bridge in the Bryansk region
A Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group (SARG) was spotted in the area of the blown-up bridge in the Bryansk region in May, the Military Informant Telegram channel noted.
It is noted that the saboteurs were seen on May 21, but the Bryansk region authorities denied their entry into the region.
"As a result, if this is the result of the actions of those same saboteurs, then for almost ten days no one examined potential targets in the area of their operations - after all, there were no saboteurs," Military Informant.
According to the Telegram channel "Two Majors," the group consisted of 7-8 people. It was discovered approximately 40 kilometers from Bryansk. Later, military blogger Yuri Podolyaka said that the SARG was destroyed.
Bryansk Region Governor Alexander Bogomaz published information on May 21 about the closure of roads in the Vygonichsky District after reports of Ukrainian saboteurs entering. He specified that there is no information about any specific offenders, their numbers, consequences, victims, or the presence of real threats.
