In the Simferopol region of Crimea, on the morning of May 18, grain wagons derailed. On this subject informed in his telegram channel, the head of Crimea Sergey Aksyonov. Chairman of the Crimean State Council Vladimir Konstantinov called the cause of the accident undermining. Russian media has compiled what is known about the incident.
About eight carriages derailed, Crimean Transport Minister Nikolai Lukashenko said from the scene. transmits Interfax. He did not name the cause of the incident, noting that the inquest is investigating the circumstances.
The press service of the Crimean Railway (KZD) declared on “interference by unauthorized persons in the work of railway transport”. There were no injuries or environmental threats as a result of the incident.
Chairman of the Crimean Parliament Vladimir Konstantinov informed on the airwaves of the Russian 24 television channel that there had been “sabotage due to the intervention of unauthorized persons” on the railway. “Of course, these are all the tricks of the Ukrainian terrorist team,” he said.
The conclusion on the reasons for what happened following the results of the investigation will be given by the department of the Federal Security Service (FSB), informed leader Sergei Aksenov. The movement of trains on the Simferopol – Sevastopol stage is suspended. Bus transfers are organized for passengers.
The representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Andriy Yusov, said on the air telethon that weapons were being transported by rail near Simferopol, “therefore, it is quite natural that these routes could not support it, got tired and no longer work temporarily.
According to the Mash telegraph channel, the explosion on the railway tracks was heard around 8 a.m., as a freight train passed the village of Chistenkoye. Before the departure of the wagons, “a noise similar to an explosion was clearly audible”, the windows were slamming in the houses, informed RIA Novosti in reference to a resident of Chistenky.
According to preliminary data, an explosive device was placed under the tracks, as a result, a funnel with a diameter of 15 m and a depth of two meters appeared on the embankment of the railway track, writing Mash potatoes.
It is planned to restore the railway tracks on the Simferopol-Sevastopol section on the evening of May 18, said the Minister of Transport of Crimea.
The press service of the railway carrier Grand Service Express, in turn, reported that the movement of trains from Simferopol along the railway line, where the freight cars derailed, is on schedule, transmits CASS.
In the department of transport and road transport infrastructure development of Sevastopol reported that the movement of electric trains from Sevastopol resumed at the Bakhchisaray station.
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