Dozens of others wounded as the collapses cause trains to derail, with Russian authorities blaming at least one incident on ‘illegal interference’.
Published On 1 Jun 2025
Two bridges have collapsed in different Russian regions bordering Ukraine, derailing trains, killing at least seven people and injuring dozens, Russian authorities said.
A bridge collapsed in the Kursk region early on Sunday when a freight train was crossing it, acting Kursk Governor Alexander Khinshtein and Russian Railways said on the Telegram messaging app.
The area on the Trosna-Kalinovka highway is about 11km (6.8 miles) east of the border with Ukraine.
“Part of the train fell onto a road underneath the bridge,” Khinshtein said, adding that the locomotive caught fire, which was quickly extinguished.
One of the drivers sustained leg injuries, and he and the team operating the train were taken to a local hospital, Khinshtein said.
The Kursk incident came hours after a highway bridge collapsed onto railway tracks, derailing an approaching train, in the Bryansk region late on Saturday, Russia’s Ministry of Emergency Situations and regional officials said.
“Unfortunately, there are seven fatalities,” Bryansk Governor Alexander Bogomaz said in a post on Telegram, adding that 66 others were injured, including three children.
“Three victims are in serious condition, including one child,” he said, with a total of 44 people hospitalised.
The driver of the train was among those killed, according to Russian news agencies. The area lies some 100km (62 miles) from Russia’s border with Ukraine.
Moscow Railway, in a post on Telegram, said the bridge had collapsed “as a resu