May 25, 2025
A rail line was damaged in Russia’s Belgorod Oblast on May 25 after a cargo train ran over an explosive device planted underneath the tracks, regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov claimed.
Following an explosion in the Novooskolsky district, the railway’s overhead contact line damaged, Gladkov said. Train traffic has been suspended as a result of the incident.
Gladkov claimed that no one was injured in the alleged attack. The full extent of the damage was not immediately available, as emergency crews are assessing the damage.
Ukraine’s military has not commented on the alleged explosion. The Kyiv Independent cannot verify claims made by Russian officials.
Ukraine’s intelligence agencies as well as Ukrainian partisan movements have previously been involved in sabotage attacks on Russian railways, disrupting the transport of military cargo toward the front line.
Ukraine’s Military Intelligence Agency (HUR) said Ukrainian drone operators destroyed three Russian fuel tanks during a strike on a train moving through occupied areas of Zaporizhzhia Oblast on May 24.
Ukraine’s military currently has a limited presence in Belgorod Oblast, marking a second incursion into Russian territory, following a successful Kursk incursion in August 2024.
This method was in use during WWII already … eighty years ago! But, is still used to this day, during a drone war. Old ways aren’t always worst ways. Hitting the enemy’s logistic system is a vital part of any war, no matter how you do it.