Partisans or Ukrainian special forces used explosives to derail a train carrying fuel in Bryansk Oblast, Russia, destroying eight tanker cars and causing a large fire.
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Partisans or Ukrainian special forces used explosives to derail a train carrying fuel in Bryansk Oblast, Russia, destroying eight tanker cars and causing a large fire.
An unidentified explosive device detonated at the 136 km point of the Bryansk-Unecha railway line in Unechsky district, causing a freight train locomotive to derail. No one was injured.
The 60-wagon train was loaded with oil products and lumber. Seven or eight wagons are currently lying on their side, and there was a fire.
Local officials reported that a train carrying fuel supplies was derailed in Bryansk Oblast on May 1.
An unidentified explosive device went off on the 136th kilometre of the railroad between Bryansk and Unecha, causing a locomotive of a freight train to derail with no casualties
Ukrainian forces used Patriot systems to destroy several Russian aircraft and helicopters in Bryansk Oblast in May of the previous year.
On 1 May, unidentified persons blew up a railway line in the Bryansk region, causing a freight train carrying oil products to derail and overturn, resulting in a fire.
The Russian Federation lost a locomotive and 12 tonnes of diesel fuel due to the track explosion in Bryansk region according to Russian media.
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