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The railway station constructing, one of many websites of the bloody fight within the Battle of Stalingrad throughout the World Battle II, dominates the skyline within the Russian metropolis of Volgograd, previously Stalingrad, on January 30, 2013. In a brand new show of nationwide delight and reminder of its standing as a world energy, Russia remembers this weekend the Purple Military victory within the battle of Stalingrad over invading Nazi forces, one of many bloodiest battles in human historical past. AFP PHOTO (Picture credit score ought to learn MIKHAIL MORDASOV/AFP through Getty Photos)
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MOSCOW – As much as 100 individuals had been feared injured on Monday when a passenger practice derailed in Russia’s southern Volgograd area, Russian information businesses reported.
The Interfax information company mentioned that eight practice automobiles had been derailed. “Paramedics are on the scene,” the emergency ministry mentioned, including that 324 emergency employees had been concerned.
Emergency helicopters had been being scrambled to the scene close to the Kotelnikovo station. The practice was travelling from Kazan to Adler on the Black Sea.
Unverified video on Telegram confirmed no less than 4 carriages derailed, some twisted, with individuals climbing out of 1 that was on its facet beside the rails.
TASS cited unidentified sources in Russian regulation enforcement as saying that 20 individuals had been injured when the practice collided with a Kamaz truck.
