CNN —A fire that ripped through a train as it travelled along a strategic rail tunnel in eastern Russia was the work of the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU), a Ukrainian defense source has claimed.
“Four explosive devices were detonated while the freight train was in motion,” a source with knowledge of SBU operations told CNN.
The explosion occurred on the Baikal-Amur railway, in the Bessolov Severomuyskiy tunnel in Buryatia, in the eastern Siberia region of Russia bordering Mongolia, according to the source.
“The explosion is yet another successful special operation by the SBU,” the source said.
Train traffic has been rerouted, according to the Russian Railway.
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