Ukraine\u2019s Security Service is responsible for explosions on two trains traveling along a strategic rail route in eastern Russia this week, a Ukrainian defense source claimed Friday. <\/p>\n
With train traffic rerouted around the tunnel, the Ukrainian Security Service on Thursday targeted the second train as it passed over the nearby Devil\u2019s Bridge, according to the source. <\/p>\n
Both explosions were the result of planted \u201cexplosive devices,\u201d the source claimed. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe Russians have fallen into the SBU\u2019s trap twice,\u201d the source said, using an acronym for the Ukrainian Security Service. The twin bombings were a \u201cspecial operation to disable this important railroad,\u201d the source added. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe first freight train exploded directly in the Severomuyskiy tunnel. To maintain the traffic, the Russians began using a detour route through the Devil\u2019s Bridge. This is exactly what the SBU was counting on: as the train was passing over this high 35-meter bridge, the implanted explosive devices detonated,\u201d the source said. <\/p>\n
Russia referred to the Wednesday incident as a \u201ccargo train fire.\u201d It did not call it an attack or blame Ukraine. It has not commented on the second incident. <\/p>\n
Russian Telegram channels reported news of two train fires in the area. Videos circulated by some Russian telegram channels show wagons on fire along a rail track, although it is not immediately clear which incident the videos are from. <\/p>\n
The Ukrainian source said the Russians use the railroad for \u201cmilitary logistics\u201d and characterized the route as \u201cthe only major railroad connection between Russia and China.\u201d The targeted trains were carrying fuel, the source said. <\/p>\n
After the first explosion, the rail provider said it was working to determine the extent of the damage.\u00a0There were no casualties in that incident, according to the East Siberian Transport Prosecutor\u2019s Office. <\/p>\n
In a statement after the first explosion, the prosecutor\u2019s office said that a prosecutor was in the area to coordinate the actions of law enforcement and supervisory authorities. <\/p>\n
Russian authorities \u201cwill take response measures based on the results of the inspection, in case there are grounds to do so,\u201d the statement said. <\/p>\n
Russian authorities had also confirmed after the first incident that train traffic had been \u201corganized on a detour route with a slight increase in travel time.\u201d <\/p>\n\n
Ukraine\u2019s Security Service is responsible for explosions on two trains traveling along a strategic rail route in eastern Russia this week, a Ukrainian defense source claimed Friday. With train traffic rerouted around the tunnel, the Ukrainian Security Service on Thursday targeted the second train as it passed over the nearby Devil\u2019s Bridge, according to the <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":12355,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-12354","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12354\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}