In recent days, explosions on various railway tracks in the Russian regions of Belgorod and Voronezh derailed trains. According to official information, no one was injured, but the Russian authorities are investigating suspected terrorism. The explosions came amid a spate of acts of sabotage in Russia that made headlines around the world and are suspected to be the result of Ukrainian intelligence activities.

Russian railroads transport ammunition and fuel for the army and have already been the target of several acts of sabotage by the two Ukrainian secret services, commonly known by the abbreviations SBU and HUR. On November 30, 2023, SBU agents blew up a train loaded with fuel in a tunnel on the Baikal-Amur Mainline. The fire disrupted the most important supply route in the eastern regions of the Russian Federation for a number of days.

On June 1, 2025, railroad bridges collapsed in the Russian regions of Bryansk and Kursk at almost the same time, derailing trains and killing seven passengers. The Russian authorities once again started a terrorism investigation and accused the Ukrainian secret services of carrying out the attack.

The bridge between the Russian mainland to the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea, annexed by Russia in 2014 and opened in 2018, is a central element of Russian propaganda and one of the most important logistical arteries for supplying Russian troops. The SBU has already organized three high-profile attacks on the bridge, repeatedly exposing weaknesses in Russia's defences.

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