A reserve shunter derailed in the Prokhorovka District of the bordering Russian region of Belgorod as railroad tracks were blown up, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov wrote on his Telegram channel.
According to him, a two-and-a-half-hour delay in train services was reported, and there have been no injuries. The Yugo-Vostochnaya Railway said a shunter derailed on the Prokhorovka-Belenikhino sector at 1:57 a.m. Moscow time on Friday (10:57 p.m. GMT on Thursday).
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Source: TASS News
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