explosive device derails Russian freight train near Ukrainian border

Under the violence of the impact, the locomotive was lifted, the wagons lying on their sides. Even the rails have been deformed. The freight train was traveling on Monday, May 1, in the Briansk region (Russia), about sixty kilometers from the Ukrainian border, when an explosive charge derailed it according to the Russian authorities. For Russian television, there is no doubt that the origin is criminal. The case would not be isolated: the same day, a high voltage line was damaged. The Russian police have embarked on a hunt for saboteurs.

Strikes on Russian soil, near the border

In addition to the more frequent sabotages, there is the pressure from the sky. On Saturday April 29, artillery fire fell on a Russian village, not far from the Ukrainian border. On the same day, a fuel depot was hit by a drone in Crimea, a territory that Moscow annexed in 2014. Never, so far, have the Ukrainians claimed responsibility for their attacks, but for several months Vladimir Putin has accused them of doing so. than the West. As the commemorations of the end of the Second World War approach, the Russian authorities say they are worried as part of the ceremonies have been canceled.