Russian crews are reportedly working Monday to repair a railway bridge near the country’s border with Ukraine that exploded at the weekend in what a local governor claims was a “sabotage” operation. Officials have not clarified the importance of the bridge for the war, but it is located on a key rail link used to transport supplies to Russian troops fighting in eastern Ukraine. Images posted by Kursk regional governor Roman Starovoit on his Telegram page showed a bridge with railways hanging precariously over a gap after the collapsed support structure collapsed. This picture posted by Kursk regional governor Roman Starovoit shows a bridge that has been severely damaged in Russia near its border with Ukraine. (Telegram / Roman Starovoit) RUSSIA INVASES UKRAINE: LIVE UPDATES “So far, a research team is working on the bridge, but railway experts have already left for the site and are ready to begin restoration work,” he posted on Sunday, describing the photos as “where the sabotage took place”. Starovoit also said it was “important to have it repaired as soon as possible”. Russian officials gather at the site of the attack on the bridge. (Telegram / Roman Starovoit) Starovoit claimed on Sunday that the bridge had been blown up by unknown assailants and that the Commission of Inquiry, Russia’s top state investigative service, had launched a criminal investigation into what it described as a “terrorist act”, according to the Associated Press. The district administration said it expects the repair work to be completed on Wednesday. Smoke rises from an oil storage facility hit by a fire in Bryansk, Russia, on April 25, in a photo taken by an anonymous source. (AP) CLICK HERE TO RECEIVE THE FOX NEWS APPLICATION No one has claimed responsibility for the attack, which follows a series of explosions and fires in western Russia as the war in Ukraine enters its third month. Last week, an adviser to Ukrainian President Mykhailo Podolyak said “karma is a hard thing” after a Russian ammunition depot was engulfed in flames and explosions were heard across the provinces bordering the war-torn country.
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