The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation has officially classified the collapse of two bridges that occurred in the Bryansk and Kursk regions on the night of May 31 to June 1 as terrorist acts. The agency claims that the actions were organized by “terrorists under the direction of the Kyiv regime,” emphasizing the intent and scale of the planning behind the incidents.
This is reported by Kyiv24
Official position of the investigative authorities of the Russian Federation
According to the representative of the Investigative Committee, Svitlana Petrenko, “parts of explosive devices and other physical evidence” were found at the sites of the collapses. She also stated:
“It is evident that the terrorists, acting under the direction of the Kyiv regime, planned everything with maximum precision so that hundreds of innocent civilians would be caught in their strikes.”
It is worth noting that immediately after the events, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation announced the “explosion” of the bridges, but later in public statements, the wording was changed to “collapse of the structures.”
Details of the events in Bryansk and Kursk regions
The first incident occurred late in the evening of May 31 in the vicinity of the village of Vyhochy in the Bryansk region, where a road bridge collapsed just before a passenger train passed. According to preliminary data, at least seven people died as a result of the tragedy, and over a hundred were injured.
The second bridge fell on the night of June 1 in the Kursk region, in the Zhaliznogorsk district at the 48th kilometer of the Trosna – Kalynivka road. Here, the locomotive driver and two of his assistants were injured. On the same day, reports were made about damage to railway tracks in another area of the Bryansk region, but no casualties were recorded there.
No official comments from the Ukrainian authorities regarding these collapses have been received as of now.