The information was reported by the daily Ukrainska Pravda, citing sources in the Ukrainian intelligence service. The attacks were carried out by a joint operation of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) and the Ukrainian Special Operations Forces (SOF). According to the report, Russian railway workers discovered unidentified mines on the Maloarkhangelsk-Glazunovka section of the railway. An engineering unit of the Russian National Guard (also known as Rosgvardiya) was dispatched to the site.
Ukrainska Pravda quotes their source: "During an unsuccessful demining attempt, an explosion occurred, killing two Rosgvardiya officers and leaving one with traumatic amputations of both legs."
The newspaper reports that the explosion disrupted federal railway traffic, delaying over 15 trains in both directions.
On the night of 13-14 September, there was yet another attack. Following 2 a.m., a blast went off on the Stroganovo-Mshinskaya section of the St Petersburg-Pskov line.
Consequently, a locomotive was derailed and 15 fuel tanks, along with their contents, were destroyed.
According to the newspaper, these operations were also carried out jointly with units of Ukraine’s defence forces.
These railway lines represent pivotal logistical corridors for the provision of supplies to Russian troops engaged in combat operations in the regions of Kharkiv and Sumy, the daily concludes.
