Railway attacks and victims Russia alleges Kyiv orders

May 31, 2025

Kirill Brainin follows victims of the May 31 Bryansk passenger-train disaster, including a four-year-old being treated in Moscow and passengers describing escape and mutual aid. His doctor calls the condition moderately serious and expects discharge by week's end. The report credits engineer Pavel Mishin's emergency braking and says service resumed Monday. It recalls later Kursk and Bryansk track explosions. Investigator Svetlana Petrenko calls all three connected terrorist attacks directed by Kyiv and reports seven deaths and 113 injured receiving care. Brainin endorses that attribution, invokes earlier killings and alleges an attempt to derail Istanbul talks with European support. Responsibility and motive remain the broadcaster's and investigators' claims.

Vremya recounts the Bryansk explosion and passenger-train disaster on the weekend before June 3, the engineer's fatal emergency-braking effort, passengers' escape and mutual aid, and injured people receiving treatment in Moscow. Investigator Petrenko alleges a Kyiv-directed terrorist attack within a connected three-explosion sequence; her seven-dead and 113-under-care figures are reported for the combined attacks. The report says railway service resumed Monday. Attribution and the alleged purpose of disrupting Istanbul talks remain Russian investigator/broadcaster claims.