A cargo train carrying grain derailed in Crimea on Thursday without causing any casualties, Russian authorities said, at a time when there have been incidents that Moscow regularly blames on Ukraine.
“In the Simferopol district, wagons carrying grain have derailed,” Crimean Governor Sergei Aksionov said on the Telegram social network, adding that rail traffic between Simferopol and Sevastopol, the two main cities in the region, has been suspended. peninsula.
Telegram outlets Baza, Mash and 112, which are close to Russian authorities, said the derailment was caused by an explosion.
The Mash group specified that this explosion opened a crater 15 meters in diameter and damaged 50 meters of tracks.
In the images published by Mash, two overturned carriages are seen on a road. In a statement, the local railway company claimed that the incident was the result of “third party actions”.
On May 1 and 2, two Russian freight trains derailed after an explosive device detonated in the Bryansk region, causing no casualties.
Crimea, annexed in 2014 by Russia, has been regularly hit by drone strikes and incidents since last summer. In autumn, the bridge connecting the peninsula with Russia was damaged by an explosion attributed to Ukraine.
Source: TSF
