At least seven people were killed and 69 injured when two bridges were blown up in separate Russian regions bordering Ukraine ahead of planned peace talks aimed at ending the three-year-old war in Ukraine, Russian officials said on Sunday (June 1).
00:00At least seven people were killed, and 69 injured after two bridges were blown up in separate Russian regions bordering Ukraine, just hours apart, and on the eve of planned peace talks aimed at ending the three-year war, Russian officials said on Sunday.
00:17The first explosion occurred at 10.50 p.m. local time on Saturday, when a highway bridge over a railway line in Russia's Bryansk region was blown up.
00:27At the time, a passenger train carrying 388 people to Moscow was passing underneath.
00:36Roughly four hours later, a second explosion struck a railway bridge over a highway in neighboring Korsk, sending debris from a freight train crashing onto the road below.
00:45Russia's investigative committee, which handles major criminal cases, said both incidents were linked and confirmed that explosive devices were used to destroy the bridges.
00:56There was no immediate comment from Ukraine on the attacks, which come just a day before the United States hopes to bring Russia and Ukraine to the negotiating table in Istanbul to discuss a possible resolution to the war.
01:10Washington estimates that the conflict has resulted in at least 1.2 million people killed or injured.
01:17The Kremlin said President Vladimir Putin was kept informed throughout the night by the Federal Security Service FSB and the Emergency Ministry.
01:27He also spoke directly with Bryansk Governor Alexander Bogomaz regarding the situation.
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