On Saturday, three people from the Russian national guard died when an explosive charge exploded on a railway track in the western region of Orjol. The region borders Kursk, which in turn borders Ukraine, where Russia's war of aggression has been going on for over three years.
The source, within the Ukrainian military intelligence service, tells AFP that they have targeted "important logistical connections for the supply of the occupying forces in the Charkiv and Sumy regions". According to the source, a "unique complex" operation was carried out that stopped rail traffic between Orjol and Kursk, writes Kyiv Independent.
Freight train derailed
Hours after the explosion, a diesel locomotive derailed at a station in the Gatjina district in the Leningrad region, which surrounds St. Petersburg.
"The train driver was killed. He got stuck in the driver's cab and died later in the ambulance," writes Governor Aleksander Drozdenko on Telegram.
In parallel, a freight train with 15 cars derailed further south in the region, whose cars were empty according to the governor. No personal injuries are reported from there, but investigators are examining whether sabotage can be behind it, writes the governor.
"Significant difficulties"
At the same time, the Ukrainian source states that Ukraine is behind the derailment and that the cars were transporting fuel, where both the cars and the fuel were destroyed. However, Ukraine is not behind the derailment in Gatjina, according to the source.
"As a result of the destruction of the railway infrastructure in these areas, the Russians will experience significant logistical difficulties," the source says.
Russia's railway has recently been exposed to explosions, fires and derailments, something Russian authorities to some extent claim is due to Ukrainian sabotage.
