An explosive device derails a Russian freight train in a region bordering Ukraine for a second straight day ahead of an expected counteroffensive by Kyiv.
He said it went off at Snezhetskaya station, outside the regional hub of Bryansk, a city of around 370,000 people near the Ukraine and Belarus borders.
"A locomotive and several wagons of the train derailed," he said, adding that there were no casualties. Tass news agency, citing law enforcement agencies, said firefighters were working at the scene and two recovery trains had been dispatched to the area.Pictures of that incident shared on social media showed several tank carriages lying on their side and dark grey smoke billowing into the air., in the same region but closer to the Ukraine border.
Throughout its more-than-year-long offensive, the Kremlin has sought to portray Russia as safe while its troops fight in Ukraine.Earlier on Tuesday, it acknowledged a security threat. "Of course, we are aware that the Kyiv regime, which is behind a number of such attacks — terrorist attacks — plans to continue this line," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.Russian Railways also put out a statement saying the train had derailed due to "the intervention of unauthorised persons in the work of rail transport".The state operator said the incident took place at 7:47pm local time between Snezhetskaya and the nearby village of Belye Berega.
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