Russia: Several railway lines after Ukrainian sabotage out of operation

According to media reports, the Ukrainian military intelligence agency has temporarily undertook several rail lines in Russia with sabotage files.

The authority is both behind an explosion on a railway line in the southern Russian area of ​​Orjol as well as behind the derailment of a locomotive and a freight train in northwestern Russia, report Ukrainian media, citing sources at secret service.

There had been an explosion in the Orjol area near the border with Ukraine the evening before. Railwayers had found a suspicious package there and called the national guard. When the pioneers attempt to defuse the bomb, the explosive device went up. Two soldiers were killed immediately, another succumbed to his injuries later.

The route was initially closed, in the afternoon a track lane was released for traffic. More than a dozen trains had to be diverted beforehand.

During the night, a freight train in the Leningrad area near St. Petersburg. Since the cisterns were empty, there was no major damage here. A few hours later, a locomotive derailed in another country rice in the same region. The train driver died. Here, too, large sections of the railway had to be blocked.

“Due to the destruction of the rail infrastructure in these sections, the Russians feel significant problems in logistics, which in turn affects their ability to do active actions against the Ukrainian armed forces,” the media quote a secret service spokesman to justify the sabotage files.

In fact, according to experts, the rail network is one of the most important components for Russian warfare in Ukraine.