The railroad tracks in Ukraine’s Donetsk Region have been blown up as a freight train belonging to Russian Railways was passing by. Fourteen freight cars were derailed, with Russian Railways employees on the train avoiding injuries.
The explosion happened on Sunday evening damaging the railroad tracks on a stretch between Ilovajs and Kuteynikovo, Russian Railways said in a statement.
As a result of the incident 14 cargo cars derailed. The locomotive crew of the North Caucasian railway was not affected, the company said.
The tracks are now being repaired by Ukrainian Railways staff, while all the trains have been redirected.
In the meantime another blast occurred on the Ilovajsk-Mospino stretch, damaging concrete sleepers and breaking rails, Ukrainian railways said in a statement. The circumstances of the incidents are being investigated it added.