Tragedy strikes in Russia’s Bryansk region as a passenger train bridge collapses, reportedly due to a deadly explosion 💥🚆. Officials confirm 7 people killed and dozens injured, including children, as harrowing footage shows screams from those trapped beneath the wreckage 😢.
In what seems to be a coordinated act, another bridge in the Kursk region collapses just hours later under a freight train, raising serious concerns about railway sabotage and the safety of transport infrastructure across Russia 🚧⚠️.
This video breaks down the timeline, on-scene witness accounts, and Russia's official response to the incident. Stay informed with the latest updates and analysis. 📢📹
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In what seems to be a coordinated act, another bridge in the Kursk region collapses just hours later under a freight train, raising serious concerns about railway sabotage and the safety of transport infrastructure across Russia 🚧⚠️.
This video breaks down the timeline, on-scene witness accounts, and Russia's official response to the incident. Stay informed with the latest updates and analysis. 📢📹
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00:00News drop. Scenes of carnage in Russia's border region of Bryansk. Seven people have been confirmed
00:08killed. At least 66 more are injured. That's after a Moscow-bound train derailed when a bridge
00:15collapsed onto the tracks just as the locomotive was approaching at speed. According to the region's
00:21governor, the bridge was blown up. Three victims, including a child, are reported to be in critical
00:28condition. Rescue teams are continuing to work at the scene with footage showing a tangle of
00:34twisted metal as lorries and other vehicles fell on top of the train and its passengers.
00:42Well, let's cross live now to RT correspondent Shea Bose, who's arrived at the site. Shea,
00:49just a horrendous event happening on the first weekend of summer. What do we know about it?
00:54Yeah, well, as you say, the governor has now confirmed that this is what seems to be a
01:03terrorist attack. It was blown up the bridge. I'm here at Vgonici, the small town about five
01:10kilometres away from the site of this terrible, terrible tragedy. As you say, seven people confirmed
01:17dead, among them the driver, one of the train staff. Dozens confirmed injured, among them very young
01:26children. We believe an eight-month-old child has been airlifted to Moscow, according to the governor
01:31here. Scenes of real carnage, as you say, and a sense of absolute shock here in Bryansk Oblast,
01:38where this tragedy has taken place. Now, I mean, there's also a sense of anger. How could this happen?
01:44Who could do such a thing? The locals in absolute dismay at it. We've also heard from some of the
01:52eyewitnesses, some of the people who actually were on board the train, who actually witnessed
01:56the horror, including the screams of young children trapped in the wreckage, quite isolated,
02:02relatively, the site of the attack, as it seems, leading to, you know, panic among the passengers as
02:10they awaited for help. 180 rescuers did attend. Let's have a listen to what some of the eyewitnesses
02:17actually witnessed on the ground just after this tragedy unfolded.
02:22Yeah, and as we stand here in Vigonici, we see a lot of military, a lot of rescue services,
02:48people coming and going. As I say, 180 people involved in the rescue. We've just seen some men
02:54coming past the cordon with cutting equipment, looking absolutely exhausted. This happening
03:0011 o'clock on a Saturday night, first day of the summer, really, people heading towards Moscow.
03:06The brutal, brutal event that's unfolded here. We can also have a listen to some of those heroic
03:13rescuers who've been witnessing horrendous scenes as people are trapped and needed to be cut from the
03:21wreckage. Let's have a listen to what they had to witness.
03:26At 10.40 p.m. on May 31st, the main directorate of Russia's emergency situations in the Bransk region
03:33was informed that a highway bridge over railroad tracks had collapsed at 32nd kilometer mark of
03:39Federal Highway 8 to 40. The carriages of passenger train number 86 derailed on the road Moscow-Klymova.
03:46Upon the arrival of firefighting and rescue personnel, it was established that a span of the highway
03:51bridge had collapsed, with the train's locomotive and two passenger cars under the rubble. Emergency
03:57rescue operations are underway.
03:59So, an unfolding situation here, a sense of shock, a sense of anger, and of course, a sense of real
04:10panic among those who had to witness this on a train to Moscow. What seems to have been, according to the
04:18governor here, an attack the bridge brought down. We're hearing reports of another bridge brought down
04:24in the neighboring Kursk region as well. Very worrying developments. And we're going to go now
04:30and try to track down some of the people who were on the train, who are in local hospitals,
04:35and continue to bring you reports throughout the day. What a very disturbing, very upsetting scene here
04:42in Vagonachie on the edge of the court, and about five kilometers away from the site of the crash
04:47here in Bransk.
04:48It certainly is. You're just describing the pictures as we're seeing, Shay, as well. We'll speak again
04:54shortly, as you say, when more information is emerging. Thank you.
05:02We heard from former U.S. trade official and conservative talk radio host Steve Gill. He says
05:09that if the deadly incident is confirmed as being linked to Kiev or its supporters, it simply shows
05:15desperation on their part. Well, this is clearly the kind of thing that a terrorist would do,
05:22targeting civilians, targeting innocent men, women, and children. And that is certainly what we see
05:27here in terms of the victims, including the dead, and that death toll may tragically increase as well.
05:33I think that whenever you see the movement in this direction by groups or entities or governments,
05:42it shows a desperation that we're already seeing in many other areas of this conflict. And sadly,
05:49I think we're going to see more of this rather than less of this. So if it turns out that this
05:54can be tied to, again, as Klein pointed out, either mercenaries or activists or the Ukrainian government
06:01itself, then I think this is a huge story. I think they want to make sure they have dotted all their
06:06I's and crossed their T's to have as much evidence to back up whatever claim is made to push back
06:12against what will certainly be denials by the Ukrainian government and even some of those
06:17in the Ukrainian administration who have, again, claimed that they intended to engage in these sort
06:23of acts in the coming months and years. I think that it is also interesting, the silence from Ukraine.
06:32There has not been immediate denials. There's not been immediate claims that they had nothing to do
06:36with this. And I think there have been some books and novels in the past, the dog that didn't bark.
06:44And in this case, the silence may also speak loudly as well.
06:49And just hours after that, another bridge collapsed in Bryansk is neighboring Kursk region,
06:57and that occurred while a freight train was passing over it. That is according to the region's governor.
07:03Part of the train crashed onto a highway under the bridge. As of now, no casualties have been reported.
07:09The road is currently blocked with traffic diverted. Russia's state rail company says the incident occurred
07:15due to the main bridge beam collapsing. Well, this is a developing story, but many are pointing out
07:24the similarities and whether or not this is a coordinated attack. We'll be bringing you verified updates on that
07:33as it comes in.
07:37But I want to keep attention on that same Kursk region because residential areas there recently came under attack
07:45from Kiev drones. Just to point out from our map here, it is on the border with Ukraine, very close to it.
07:50Local officials state 16 people, including two teenagers, were wounded. A number of apartment buildings
07:58were also left damaged as several strikes impacted the area.
08:05As a result of the nighttime attack by Ukrainian armed formations on the city of Rilsk in the Kursk region,
08:11two apartment buildings sustained damage. Several apartments were nearly destroyed,
08:15and civilians were injured in the assault. All affected individuals are currently receiving
08:20medical care at local hospitals. At the site of the shelling, fragments of a UAV bearing
08:25distinctive inscriptions in the Ukrainian state language were discovered. This incident highlights
08:29that despite the withdrawal of Ukrainian units from the Kursk region, there is an increase in the
08:34intensity of attacks on our territory.
08:37Well, the head of the region, Alexander Kinstein, visited those wounded in the assault. Currently,
08:4210 people are under the supervision of doctors at Kursk Regional Hospital. Many of the victims have
08:48shrapnel wounds. Three are believed to be in a serious condition. We heard more from another local
08:54official there.
08:58As a result of the attack, two five-story residential buildings, which housed only civilians, were damaged.
09:04Unfortunately, one apartment in one building was completely burned, and another apartment was
09:09destroyed and burned in the second building. There was also a lot of other damage. Three or four
09:14other apartments suffering severe destruction.
09:18It was very scary. Very. It's hard to put it into words.
09:23The first time there was a strike, it didn't hit here for the neighboring building. The door that I had
09:28locked opened. I went and closed it. The second time when the strike occurred, I didn't even see the door.
09:34It was completely blown away.
09:38Well, the background to all that is unfolding tragically today. Russia is planning for the
09:46second round of resumed talks with Ukraine on Monday in Istanbul, although Kiev has yet to
09:52confirm whether it will send a delegation. Washington is urging the Ukrainian side to be there,
09:56adding the US, the UK, France and Germany will be present. But as Vladimir Zelenskyy keeps calling for
10:02a 30-day ceasefire, Moscow insists any truce cannot just be an opportunity for Ukraine to re-arm itself,
10:10and that certain conditions must be met.
10:15Well, an Italian man who volunteered to fight for Russia has given an exclusive interview to our team.
10:20Using the call sign Max, he signed up to the country's military after his Russian wife's family
10:25became victims of Ukraine's bombing of civilian areas in Lugansk. Max told us about his combat experience.
10:32How he views the West's approach to the conflict and why he can't return to Italy. The full sit-down
10:38will be broadcast on Monday. Here's a preview.
10:40I made a decision to join the Russian army because, first of all, my wife is Russian. She is from
10:49Lugansk. Yes, we lived in Moscow for some time, but her relatives have always lived in Lugansk.
10:56They have lived there all their lives. Now it is a war zone, and you come home and sit on the couch next
11:02to your wife. You know, when you're home after work, and she starts telling you that her parents
11:07called and said that their house got hit by a bomb. Her parents' house. It happened once, then again,
11:14and again. You immediately feel useless in a family. I got to the point where I couldn't sleep at night
11:20because I wanted to make a contribution to help these people somehow. Everything I've ever done,
11:25I've never done it for money or privileges. I went to war because of ideology. I think people like me
11:32also chose this path for ideological reasons. I'm not saying they're one step ahead, but I think
11:39they're better motivated. They have a reason why they're exactly where they are. I guess that's what
11:44motivated me the most. My in-laws were there, even though I'd never been there myself. I hadn't
11:50visited Lugansk before I volunteered to join the army. In the end, I felt like I had no choice, really.
11:57I felt useless. I kept thinking, why am I still here? What am I doing? Lying on the couch, in my bed,
12:04while members of my family are in danger at this time. That's what motivated me to make that decision.
12:11And do you have any plans going forward after this?
12:13I'll try to relax and spend as much time as I can with my family, my loved ones.
12:24In Russia?
12:27Yes, in Russia. In part, because I cannot return to Italy, as I would be imprisoned immediately.
12:35As of now, Italy considers me a terrorist, a Russian terrorist. So going back is not an option.
12:41I should point out that Italy applies a lot of double standards when it comes to foreign
12:46fighters involved in the conflict in Russia. It's already clear, those who fight for Kyiv can go
12:51home to Italy, while Italians who have fought on the side of Russia cannot, as they will go straight
12:56to prison. I believe these are double standards, shameful standards, coming from my own country.
13:02I'm not asking for leniency. I'm here, and I came here for ideological reasons.
13:08I'm not afraid of taking responsibility, but at the same time, I believe responsibility should be
13:14shared. That's still a very sensitive matter. Still, I hope that over time, these discrepancies
13:19will be addressed and resolved.
13:24Now, after years of comments claiming the opposite, Berlin has now said it's true.
13:29Russia cannot be defeated on the battlefield. Germany's new foreign minister also went on to say
13:35the best thing for Kyiv to do is sit down and negotiate with Moscow.
13:38From my point of view, it was clear from the very beginning that this war will most likely end at
13:45the negotiating table, because one thing is already true, that a complete defeat in the sense of a
13:50capitulation of the nuclear-armed Russia could not be expected. In this respect, we have now made
13:57ourselves a little more honest. At the same time, Ukraine is successfully defending itself against
14:01Russia. Thus, there is every chance for Ukraine to emerge strongly from a strong negotiating position.
14:08It is important for us that Ukraine makes this decision, and that it is not taken over its
14:13heads by others.
14:14It shows that from beginning on, because nearly everyone who was looking realistically,
14:21no one thought Ukraine could win. But the aim was to use Ukraine as a mechanism to weaken
14:33the stability of Russia in the fight for hegemony in this worldwide struggle. And through that
14:43weakening Russia, the next goal should be China.
14:47Well, amid that recognition, Europe is seeking to rearm in the face of a supposed Russian bogeyman.
14:53The EU is resorting to bankrolling its member states' armed forces after stockpiles, you'll recall,
14:59were basically shipped out to Ukraine. And that's leading to ever-growing debts across the bloc.
15:06The need to invest in our security is becoming ever more urgent. And it is clear that these
15:12investments will not come from outside. Times are changing, and so is Europe. The fact that the
15:18member states are increasing their defense spending to historic highs would also have been unthinkable.
15:23But, ladies and gentlemen, we are doing this because we want to defend peace with all our might.
15:31Well, big financial plans are afoot, and I mean big, particularly the new 150 billion euro fund
15:37just spoken about, collectively called SAFE, which stands for Security Action for Europe.
15:43It is the first tranche of the European Commission's Rearm Europe plan, which will eventually allocate
15:48some 800 billion euro. It's earned praise from Poland, which has been one of the scheme's main supporters.
15:56This is not only a success of the presidency, but of the EU as a whole.
16:01This is unprecedented instrument which will boost our defense capabilities and support our defense industry.
16:07The more we invest in our security and defense, the better we deter those who wish us harm.
16:12Yeah, a lot of zero. So where is the money actually coming from? Well, the EU is in the process of issuing
16:21bonds that any state or global institution can buy, with member states then being given the funds for
16:26their defense industry. But if they can't pay back the borrowed money, European, yeah, taxpayers will have
16:33to pay up and bulk up the overall budget of the union. Let's take Germany as an example, a nation that is itself
16:41facing a massive downturn in its economy and is the largest contributor to the overall EU budget.
16:47If any bloc country can't pay back the money it borrowed, Germans will be forced to cough up,
16:53just like every other EU state, to make up the difference. And deep in the small print,
16:56it also appears that Ukraine will also be participating in the plan.
17:02SAFE opens up a new chapter in the cooperation with third countries. Ukraine and European Economic Area
17:08European Free Trade Association countries will be treated on the same terms as member states.
17:13Not only will they be able to join common procurements, but also it will be possible to
17:18buy from their industries. One important thing to note as well, the statement essentially says Ukraine
17:25will be treated the same as actual EU member states. Well, we spoke with members of the Alternative
17:31for Germany party. They're adamant that Brussels' new armament plan is basically a waste of taxpayers'
17:36money and the so-called Russian threat is aimed at making people afraid.
17:43It's not helpful, that much is clear, because it's based on misconceptions, especially
17:51unfounded allegations about Russia's military, expansionary military intentions vis-à-vis the
17:59European Union. There is no military threat to Europe. The European members of NATO,
18:06even at present, are spending around four or five times as much money on their militaries
18:13as Russia is spending on hers. When the Europeans are talking about a military threat by Russia,
18:21I just can't see it. So they're obviously using this as a pretext to justify their own imperialist ambitions.
18:31And how are they pursuing their imperialist ambitions? Well, especially in so far as they
18:40are now supporting Ukraine. And then, of course, they're also financing policies that I think will have
18:47appeal abroad. The people don't want it. The people are angry with it. And especially with the war in
18:54Ukraine, people, the German taxpayers, they are very angry with this politics because the German taxpayers
19:01paying three times for Ukraine. They're paying for delivering of weapons to Ukraine. They're paying for
19:08the government, for the state household of Ukraine. And they're paying for more than one million refugees
19:15from Ukraine living in Germany now. And not only the German taxpayers paying by German governmental money,
19:24they also pay by European Union governmental money because the European Union also pay. And it's all
19:31the money of the German taxpayers. So a lot of people are very angry. And most people in Germany support
19:38finishing the war, finish delivering of weapons and find a diplomatic solution.
19:45Okay, more world news. The US has rejected demands from Hamas for a potential ceasefire deal,
19:52saying they are unacceptable. The militant group has insisted Israel must completely withdraw
19:58its military forces from Gaza.
20:01After conducting a round of national consultations, and based on our immense sense of responsibility
20:08towards our people and their suffering, the Islamic resistance movement, Hamas, today submitted its
20:14response to US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff's latest proposal to the mediating parties. This proposal aims
20:22to achieve a permanent ceasefire, a comprehensive withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, and ensure the flow of
20:30aid to our people and our families in the Gaza Strip. As part of this agreement, 10 living prisoners of
20:37the occupation held by the resistance will be released, in addition to the return of 18 bodies, in exchange
20:46for an agreed-upon number of Palestinian prisoners.
20:49I received the Hamas response to the United States proposal. It is totally unacceptable and only takes
20:56us backward. Hamas should accept the framework proposal we put forward as the basis for proximity
21:02talks, which we can begin immediately this coming week. That is the only way we can close a 60-day ceasefire
21:09deal in the coming days, in which half of the living hostages and half of those who are deceased will
21:16come home to their families, and in which we can have at the proximity, talk substantive negotiations
21:22in good faith to try to reach a permanent ceasefire.
21:26US Envoy Steve Witkoff has said the current proposal foresees a two-month ceasefire for Gaza. A
21:33previous truce, you may recall, agreed a few months ago quickly collapsed when Israel resumed its military
21:38activity after some hostages were released. Local authorities say more than 4,000 people have been killed and
21:45three times as many wounded in the enclave since the IDF restarted its operations in March.
21:52Meanwhile, West Jerusalem has said it's killed Hamas military leader Mohamed Sinmar and other senior
21:59members of the Palestinian group. The IDF claimed they were eliminated by a strike on an underground
22:04complex at the European hospital in Kan Yunus. It comes amid a wave of Israeli strikes targeting
22:10multiple locations across the Strip.
22:20During one of the attacks, a Palestinian home in the north was completely levelled. According to
22:24local health officials, more than 70 people were killed and hundreds wounded in the past day alone.
22:29Well, earlier, my colleague, Igor Piskunov, spoke about developments with Palestinian journalist
22:39Daud Qutab, who's of the view the ceasefire proposal is unlikely to succeed as the US is acting on Israel's behalf.
22:47I think the US is complicit with the Israelis. They are bending over backwards to help Netanyahu stay
22:56in power. And they are listening to him more than they're listening to their to the justice of what
23:03they're doing. They're allowing the war to continue just so that they can save their friend Netanyahu to
23:10stay in power. Mr. Whitcoff spoke to the Hamas and they agreed on an agreement. Then Whitcoff went to
23:16the Israelis and they changed it. And then the Americans adopted the Israeli change and made it as an
23:22American plan, which Israel, of course, immediately agreed to and made the Hamas look like they're the
23:28ones who are turning it down. This is not being a neutral mediator. They are mediators that are
23:36representing Israel in the mediation, not being neutral mediator between two parties. This is a really ugly
23:44situation. Also, Israel forbid an Arab delegation from entering the West Bank. The foreign dignitaries
23:51were supposed to meet with the Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas. What was the reason for Israel's
23:56restrictions against them? You know, this is amazing. You have a country like Egypt, which has a peace
24:02treaty with Israel. You have Jordan has a peace treaty with Israel. You have the United Arab Emirates,
24:07which has a normalization treaty with Israel. And the ministers of all these countries and Saudi
24:12Arabia, which is the best friend of Trump and the Israelis want to be friends with them. Foreign
24:18ministers of these moderate countries want to visit a moderate Palestinian leader. Mahmoud Abbas is not
24:25Hamas. He's against Hamas. He's against the fighting of Hamas. He asked Hamas to give up their weapons.
24:32Even Mahmoud Abbas, the moderate Palestinian, the Israelis don't want him. Who do the Israelis want?
24:39What do they want? They don't tell us what they want. They want permanent occupation, permanent war,
24:45but they don't want peace. A recap of our breaking news story. A Moscow-bound train has derailed after
24:55a bridge collapsed onto the tracks just as the locomotive was approaching at speed. That happened
25:01in the Bryansk region. According to the governor, the bridge was blown up. Seven people have been confirmed
25:09killed, at least 66 more injured. Three victims, including a child, are reported to be in critical
25:15condition. Rescue teams are continuing to work at the scene with footage, as you can see here,
25:19clearly showing a tangle of twisted metal as lurries and other vehicles fell on top of the train
25:27and its passengers. But former CIA analyst Ari Johnson says the incident has all the characteristics
25:34of a terrorist attack. This clearly was an act of terrorism because, you know, bridges
25:44just don't fall down. And they just don't fall down when a train's coming at it, especially given
25:51the previous incidents of attempted sabotage of rail lines. Now, it's one thing if this was carrying,
25:59you know, military personnel and carrying weapons, you could argue that that would be a legitimate
26:04target of war, but this was carrying civilians. So that makes this as even more troubling and disturbing.
26:11that most likely the person or persons who were involved in detonating a charge on that bridge
26:18to bring it down were there watching the train approach and timed the collapse so that it would
26:26also damage. It wasn't just taking out the bridge and potentially killing or injuring people or vehicles
26:33on the bridge at the time. This was also designed to go after the after the train, in my judgment.
26:38And we're well past the point where we can just blame this on some Ukrainian exuberance.
26:46Because until such a time as the West suspends and ends its supply of intelligence,
26:52but also technical assistance in how to destroy a bridge.
26:56Well, appearing to back up that viewpoint just hours later, in what appears to be a connected event,
27:05another bridge collapsed in Briansk's neighboring Kursk region, while a freight train was passing
27:12over it. That is according to the region's governor. Part of the train crashed onto a highway under the
27:18bridge. As of now, no casualties have been reported. The road is currently blocked with traffic diverted.
27:23The cause of the collapse is under investigation with emergency services at the scene. Very much
27:29developing story. Apparently, the beam collapsed, that wide area between the span of the bridge.
27:36When we get more on that, we will bring it to you.
27:41But that is where we leave the news wrap for now. We've got a short documentary.