Three dead in attack on locomotive in Russia's Bryansk region, railways says

MOSCOW - Three people were killed when a locomotive was struck by a Ukrainian drone in Russia's Bryansk region on Thursday, state company Russian Railways said.

• All three victims were Russian Railways employees and were hit at a railway station in the town of Unecha.

• Bryansk region's acting governor, Yegor Kovalchuk, had earlier said Unecha had come under attack.

• The Bryansk region borders Ukraine and is frequently targeted in Ukrainian strikes.

(Reporting by Reuters, Writing by Felix Light and Maxim Rodionov; editing by Vladimir Soldatkin and Alex Richardson)

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This story was originally published May 21, 2026 at 7:51 AM.