Explosions caused two bridges to collapse and derailed two trains in western Russia overnight, officials said Sunday, without saying what had caused the blasts. In one of the incidents, seven people were killed and dozens were injured.

Two bridges have collapsed in Russia’s western regions bordering Ukraine, killing multiple people and injuring dozens, authorities said.

British-French author Philippe Sands has said he was told it is “unacceptable” to read the work of Russian writer Leo Tolstoy amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Sands is a lawyer and the author of bestselling books including The Ratline and The Last Colony.

A bipartisan duo met with the Ukrainian president and made the case for Congress to impose harsh economic penalties on Moscow for its continuing offensive.

A claim that President Vladimir Putin 's helicopter faced a combat incident during his visit to the Kursk region was concocted by Russia's authorities, it has been reported. Russia's Defense Ministry said that during Putin's trip to the border region where Kyiv previously staged an incursion, his aircraft came under fire from Ukrainian drones.

Two bridges have collapsed, causing trains to derail, in separate incidents within Russia, which Vladimir Putin's officials have blamed on "interference", a likely reference to Ukrainian saboteurs.At least seven people were killed and 30 suffered injuries after a bridge collapsed and a train derailed in Russia's Bryansk region that borders Ukraine,