The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) blew up a freight train in a tunnel on a vital rail link between Russia and China, sources have told Kyiv Post.
The operation, conducted overnight, struck in the Severomuysky Tunnel on the Baikal Amur Mainline deep inside Russia, north of Mongolia.
A source in Ukraine’s military leadership told Kyiv Post four explosions targeted the train as it passed through the tunnel.
The source said Russian security services were investigating at the scene and workers were trying to make the tunnel operational again.
There is currently no information on the extent of the damage to the tunnel itself.
According to their information, on Nov. 29 at 10:18 p.m., a freight train caught fire in the Severomuysky Tunnel.
The Russian Telegram channel Baza reported that fuel tank on the train caught but did not say what caused it. »