Ukraine's spy agency staged two successive explosions on a railway line in Siberia that serves as a key conduit for trade between Russia and China, Ukrainian media is reporting.
Ukrainska Pravda and other news outlets claimed the Security Service of Ukraine conducted a special operation to blow up trains loaded with fuel on the Baikal-Amur Mainline, which runs from southeastern Siberia to the Pacific Ocean in the Russian Far East.
The media cited unidentified sources in Ukrainian law enforcement agencies, a regular practice in claims of previous attacks in Russia. The security service, which is known in Ukrainian as SBU for short, has not confirmed the reports.
The first explosion in the attacks - which underscore Moscow's vulnerability amid the war in Ukraine - hit a tanker train in the Severonomuisky tunnel in Buryatia early yesterday, causing a fire that took hours to extinguish, Russian news outlets said. The 9.5-mile tunnel in southern Siberia is the longest in Russia.
A second explosion hours later hit another train carrying fuel as it crossed a 35-metre (115ft) high bridge across a deep gorge while travelling on a bypass route, according to the Ukrainian news reports.
Russian railways confirmed the tunnel explosion, but didn't say what caused it.
Russian daily business newspaper Kommersant cited investigators saying an explosive device was planted under one of the train's carriages.
There was no comment from Russian authorities on the second explosion.
Ukrainian authorities have emphasised that the country's military and security agencies can strike targets anywhere in Russia to fight Moscow's aggression.
Officials in Kyiv have claimed responsibility for some previous attacks on infrastructure facilities deep inside Russia.
https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-russia-war-news-putin-zelenskyy-latest-live-updates-12541713
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the fool putin had thought he had nothing to fear from Ukraine - he is learning differently ....russia has proven vulnerabilities
there are other things yet for russia to lose if they up the ante again .....their enclaves in Europe for example
