He said Russia's FSB federal security service was working on the site, and did not say who he believed was responsible for the incident. Governor Alexander Drozdenko posted photos of destroyed power lines and metal supports near the village of Susanino on his Telegram page on Monday morning. Petersburg said a power line had been blown up overnight and an explosive device found near a second line.Ī blast moments after midnight caused the collapse of the main power lines and officials said the attack was of sabotage. Separately, the governor of Russia's Leningrad region near St. Russian authorities say the region - which borders both Ukraine and Belarus - has seen multiple attacks by pro-Ukrainian sabotage groups in the 14 months since Russia invaded. Russian Railways later said that the fire had been put out at 12.30 pm local time (0930 GMT) and that passengers of two Moscow-bound trains in the area would be taken by bus to the regional capital Bryansk. 'An unidentified explosive device went off at the 136-kilometre mark on the Bryansk-Unecha railway line, derailing a freight train,' Bogomaz said, adding there were no injuries. It said the locomotive and seven freight wagons were derailed and the locomotive caught fire. Russian Railways, the country's rail operator, said the attack on the freight train occurred at 10.17am Moscow time (07.17 GMT).
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