Ukrainian Forces Destroy Russian Train Carrying Fuel, Damage Railway Line From Crimea - Sources

(MENAFN- UkrinForm) The Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) of Ukraine's Defense Ministry, in collaboration with the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and other components of the Defense Forces, destroyed a train carrying 40 tanks of fuel and incurred damage to a railway line from temporarily occupied Crimea to Zaporizhzhia.

This information was provided to Ukrinform by intelligence sources.

“On December 14, the HUR, in collaboration with the SBU, the USF [Unmanned Systems Forces], the SOF [Special Operations Forces], and the Tavria operational-strategic group, conducted a unique two-stage special operation intending to disrupt the logistics of the occupying forces in southern Ukraine. First, the SBU military counterintelligence officers blew up the tracks while a Russian train with tanks was moving near the village of Oleksiivka, Bilmak district,” the sources said.

As soon as the train came to a halt, soldiers from the 14th Regiment of Unmanned Systems Forces launched a drone attack, which resulted in the ignition of several tanks. Then, thanks to the HUR's aerial reconnaissance and in coordination with the Tavria operational-strategic group, the locomotive, and the outer cars were hit with a HIMARS system, preventing the enemy from stretching the tanks and saving some of the fuel.

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Finally, HUR specialists used attack drones to finish off the train.

“As a result of the special operation, the locomotive and 40 tank cars with fuel were destroyed, and an important railroad line that supplied Russian troops was put out of commission for a long time,” the sources said.

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