According to estimates by British secret services, Russian opponents of the war have repeatedly sabotaged the rail network domestically in recent months. Damage to a railway near a village not far from the Russian-Belarusian border earlier this week was the sixth act since June, the Defense Ministry in London reported Wednesday.
A Russian anti-war group called Stop the Wagons (STW) claimed responsibility for the sabotage, the daily report said. The actions are part of a larger trend towards more attacks on the railway networks in Russia and Belarus (Belarus). The Russian army is hugely dependent on the more than 33,000 km long railway network in Russia. Only in this way can they transport their units to the war zones in Ukraine.
Kremlin leadership is increasingly concerned
Because many routes ran in isolation through sparsely populated areas, it was difficult to secure them from sabotage, the British said. The Russian leadership will become increasingly concerned that even a small group of civilians are so opposed to the war that they resort to physical sabotage.
The British Ministry of Defense has published daily information on the course of the war since the start of the war of aggression against Ukraine in late February, citing intelligence information. With this, the British government wants to both counter the Russian portrayal and keep allies in line. Moscow accuses London of a targeted disinformation campaign.
Source: Krone
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