The UK intelligence services They pointed out this Friday that the derailment of a train registered on Thursday in the crimean peninsula could affect the delivery of weapons and supplies to the Black Sea Fleet in the context of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The authorities installed by Russia in the peninsula after its annexation in 2014 affirmed that the derailed freight train was carrying grain and described what happened to “the interference from unauthorized persons” in the railway infrastructure. Thus, the traffic between Simferopol and Sevastopol was cut off.
“Russia will move to quickly repair the line, but the incident will disrupt the delivery of supplies and potentially weaponssuch as Kalibr cruise missiles, to the Black Sea Fleet”, indicated the British Intelligence services, according to a statement issued by the Ministry of Defense of the United Kingdom through its account on the social network Twitter.
He stressed that “any sabotage in this sensitive area will further raise the Kremlin’s concern about its ability to protect other key infrastructure in Crimea.”. “The peninsula has a vital psychological and logistical role in enabling Russia’s war in Ukraine,” they noted.
The Russian government, which has controlled Crimea since 2014, has denounced several sabotage attempts on the railway infrastructure in recent months. kyiv, for its part, insists on regaining sovereignty over the area, which it considers to be occupied territory to the same extent as several regions in eastern Ukraine.
Meanwhile, the representative of the Directorate of Military Intelligence of Ukraine Andrii Yusov referred to the explosion that derailed the train in the Crimean peninsula and assured that there will be no peace in that territory until the Russian forces are withdrawn.
“Weapons, ammunition, armored vehicles and other means used in the war of aggression against Ukraine are transported through these same routes.so it is natural that the roads deteriorate and stop working for some time,” Yusov said in statements to the national television news service collected by the agency ukrinform.
Yusov’s statements follow the line usually followed by the Ukrainian authorities of neither claiming nor denying sabotage actions behind enemy lines and leaving open the possibility of Kiev’s responsibility.
The military intelligence representative added that “infrastructure in Crimea will return to normal operation when the peninsula” is back under kyiv control as established by international law.
“There will be no peace on the peninsula as long as there are Russian terrorists there,” Yusov said.
(With information from Europa Press and EFE)
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