Ukrainian security services announced that they had carried out two sabotage operations on trains carrying fuel in Buryatia, in the Russian Far East, that is to say approximately 4,000 kilometers from the border with Ukraine. This is the first time that this type of operation has been carried out so far from the front.
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The first attack took place during the night from Wednesday to Thursday in the Bessolov tunnel in Severomouisk. The Ukrainians then targeted an alternative section of the railway line to which rail traffic had been diverted after the first attack. If this information from a source within Ukrainian law enforcement is accurate, these operations could seriously hamper trade with China.
The two sabotage operations allegedly carried out by Ukrainian security services could prove disastrous for Russia. Because most commercial exchanges with China and North Korea, but also supplies of military equipment, were carried out via this railway route, the only so-called serious railway communication route which notably took the Bessolov tunnel, the first target of this double sabotage operation.
Longest tunnel in Russia
This is the longest tunnel in Russia, the construction of which was very complicated due to the fact that it is located under permafrost. Several dozen workers died during its construction. In photos posted on social networks, we can see a huge flame coming out of the tunnel entrance. These are wagons filled with fuel which would have exploded.
After this first operation, the security services then targeted the alternative route. The damage would be significant even if the Russian authorities have not spoken out. But the Telegram Baza channel, close to the Russian security services, reported this Friday that “ sabotage » causing explosions on two trains « in the same area » from Buryatia, which would confirm the information coming from kyiv and could well slow down trade with Beijing and Pyongyang.
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