A second practice derailment in two days is reported in a Russian border space.

Local authorities reported on Tuesday that an explosion derailed a freight practice within the Russian area of Bryansk, on the border with Ukraine, the second such incident there in two days.

The regional governor, Aleksandr V. Bogomaz, mentioned in a put up on the Telegram messaging app that an explosive machine had gone off close to the railway station at Snezhetskaya, a city about 60 miles from the Ukraine border, however had not precipitated any deaths or accidents.

A locomotive and about 20 practice automobiles went off the rails, in keeping with an announcement from Russian Railways, the practice’s operator, which mentioned {that a} firefighting practice had been dispatched to the scene. However, the primary movies of the derailed practice revealed on-line didn’t present any flames. It was not instantly clear what the practice was carrying.

In addition, a village in Bryansk that lies lower than 5 miles from the border with Ukraine was shelled on Tuesday morning, igniting a hearth however inflicting no casualties, Mr. Bogomaz mentioned. He blamed Ukraine’s army for that assault, however provided no proof. The declare couldn’t be independently verified.

The governor didn’t forged particular blame for the 2 practice derailments. Nor did Ukraine declare the blasts, though Kyiv usually maintains a coverage of strategic ambiguity about strikes on Russian territory.

The earlier derailment got here on Monday, as a freight practice from Belarus was transiting the Bryansk area close to the city of Unecha, roughly 60 miles east of the Ukrainian border. After an explosive machine detonated, eight of the practice’s 78 automobiles jumped the observe and ignited, blocking site visitors on the road. Rybar, an influential pro-war Russian army weblog, posted a video on Telegram of the burning automobiles, and mentioned that they’d been carrying oil merchandise and lumber.

By Tuesday morning, rail service on the road had been restored, Russian Railways mentioned on Telegram. About 100 meters of railroad tracks, or about 330 toes, had to get replaced, the corporate mentioned.

The explosions had been the newest in a sequence of assaults to hit the area. On Sunday, Mr. Bogomaz mentioned that 4 folks within the area had been killed by Ukrainian shelling from throughout the border.

Russia has used territories near Ukraine — together with the Bryansk area, alongside Ukraine’s northern border — to stage assaults, hearth rockets, launch air assaults and mount different assaults all through the 14-month-old warfare. The Ukrainian authorities has expressed rising concern that Moscow is utilizing the Bryansk area to launch drone assaults.