New Delhi, June 1 -- At least seven people were killed late Saturday and dozens were reported injured after a bridge collapsed onto a railway in a Russian region bordering Ukraine, officials said.

Authorities said a train travelling from the Russian border town of Klimovo to the capital Moscow was derailed in the incident.

"There are seven dead as a result of the collapse of a bridge onto railway tracks," Aleksandr Bogomaz, the Bryansk region's governor, wrote on Telegram. At least 69 others were injured, including three children, he was quoted by AFP as saying.

The railway operator said "illegal interference" was responsible for the accident.

Moscow Railways, a state-owned subsidiary, said a passenger train derailed "between Klimov a...