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More Russian stuff blowing up: Ukraine blows up a second rail line in Siberia [1]

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Date: 2023-12-01

You would have thought that the Russians — having just seen a massive inferno wipe out their train tunnel — would have checked the bypass line to make sure it wasn’t booby-trapped before sending another train with fuel cars down that line.

But noooooooooooo.

The source said this explosion was the second stage of a special operation carried out by the SSU to disable this important railway line. The Russians also use it for military logistics. The first freight train exploded directly in the Severomuysky Tunnel. The Russians began to use a detour route going through the so-called Devil's Bridge to keep moving. This is what the SSU anticipated: when the train was passing along this high 35-metre bridge, they activated explosive devices that were planted in it. According to Russian Telegram channels, six fuel tankers went on fire after the explosion. A fire train was needed to extinguish it.

x Still photos reported to be of the fire resulting from the second explosion on the Baikal-Amur railway line of Russia. I do not see a bridge, though.#OSINT pic.twitter.com/ofrNkjycvO — OSINT (Uri) 🇺🇦 (@UKikaski) December 1, 2023

This is the same video of the second train attack on YouTube:

x YouTube Video

Here is a Russian media report on the aftermath of the tunnel explosion.

"As a result of the explosion, tank 16 at the head of the train burned out, and a hole was found in two tanks (20 and 22 at the head of the train) in the drainage area. After the explosion, it was possible to remove 14 tanks, but further transportation of the remaining tanks is not yet possible - the explosion seriously damaged the rails, and the leaked fuel flooded them," they write.

x Russian media released footage of the fire after a freight train, carrying 50 tanks with fuel, exploded, reportedly carried out by the SBU. The Russians confirm a criminal case is opened and sabotage is expected.



"As a result of the explosion, tank 16 at the head of the train… https://t.co/uyDd6vXfji pic.twitter.com/4M81X6uoKa — NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) December 1, 2023

Something done blowed up good.

Damn good decoy.

x Earlier today, Russian channels released a video reportedly showing a Lancet attack drone striking a Ukrainian Su-25 at Kryvyi Rih Air Base.



Only one caveat; the Ukrainian Su-25 was a decoy. pic.twitter.com/XXxi5THZJD — OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) November 30, 2023

It says a lot that an apparently wounded Russian soldier believes it is necessary to kill himself rather than expect help. WARNING: The video shows the soldier shooting himself.

x A Russian soldier commits suicide near his buddies pic.twitter.com/WMtSMz01u4 — PStyleOne1 (@PStyle0ne1) December 1, 2023

It literally blew the doors off the car.

x How to upgrade from a Niva to a Lada ? pic.twitter.com/qZOobaSfL0 — PStyleOne1 (@PStyle0ne1) December 1, 2023

Marinka — just like Avdiivka and Bakhmut — has been razed by the Russians.

x The city -or its remains- of Mar'inka... pic.twitter.com/h4meWiTaux — NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) December 1, 2023

So the guys the Russians sent to reinforce the fight at Krynky ended up shelling other Russians instead. Way to go, guys.

x Krynky UPD‼️



Left bank Kherson very alarming



The additional troops deployed to run over the Ukrainians in Krynky are not trained enough for the task and shelled other Russian units, which were already below strength



Let's see who is going to be next pic.twitter.com/ZkyTexwCro — PStyleOne1 (@PStyle0ne1) December 1, 2023

If there was a 100-foot-high mountain of manure mixed with rotting fish in the center of town, they would still declare NATO their biggest worry.

x Residents of a town in Russia were asked whether NATO presented a larger problem to them than the despicable state of hospitals, roads and other infrastructure in their town.



You can probably guess their answers. "NATO is the worst," one of them says. pic.twitter.com/tiYaDQQuFv — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) December 1, 2023

A Russian looter takes video while looting a Ukrainian house. Clearly he doesn’t think there’s anything wrong with looting.

x Personal videos of a Russian soldier recording the looting of Ukrainian houses in the Zaliznyi Port, Kherson region.

Russian was identified: Sergey Eltsov from Murmansk born in 1990.https://t.co/4CXJTturTFhttps://t.co/M3ONTIQhi9 pic.twitter.com/VQU7K5dbC1 — Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (@bayraktar_1love) December 1, 2023

Speaking of looters …

x Majority of Russian billionaires see wealth increase in 2023, Bloomberg index shows



The ranking shows 25 Russian billionaires among the world's 500 most affluent, with a combined wealth increase of $38.575 bn in 2023, despite only three seeing a decreasehttps://t.co/HWbAD6x9v8 — Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress) December 1, 2023

The only thing saving Moldova is the fact that Russia hasn’t been able to defeat Ukraine. Moldova needs to ask for help to expel the Russian garrison in Transnistria and then petition for NATO membership.

x "In fact, Moldova is destined to be the next victim in the hybrid war against Russia unleashed by the West." - Lavrov at the OSCE meeting.



That confirms that Russia has no intentions to stop at Ukraine unless it is stopped. https://t.co/YbMm9SSNvQ pic.twitter.com/XBMyPSDJOB — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) November 30, 2023

Meep meep! Can’t buy this from Acme.

x It does not run fast along the road. Instead, it's like part missile, part fighter jet, part reusable rocket. It appears to be the first reusable weapon of its kind ever made — Ashlee Vance (@ashleevance) December 1, 2023

It takes off vertically and then goes into plane made and then can come back and land like a @SpaceX Falcon 9. One of its main uses will be as a counter to things like fixed wing drones and even cruise missiles. But it can also be used for non-military tasks like flying at hundreds of mph to put out a wild fire right as it's starting The machines could also be waiting in their Nest launch systems fueled up and ready to go to protect assets like oil rigs or power stations. "There is no reason you can't have 100,000 Roadrunners sitting around the world ready to do their thing," says @PalmerLuckey Anduril built this in two years. Homemade motors. Carbon fiber body. Custom avionics. On its own dime. It will go into the field somewhere (undisclosed) early next year U.S. troops are currently being pounded by Iran-backed drones in Iraq and Syria. So perhaps they're first. The U.S. does not currently have a very cost effective way to deal with these cheap but dangerous threats.

That kid looks like Kevin from “Home Alone.”

x On 30 November, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy toured a Kharkiv subway station, where a school was established underground. Watch a schoolboy's amazed reaction to Zelenskyy's unexpected visit!

📹https://t.co/UEtjTOCy64 pic.twitter.com/q7SeyVTsj9 — Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress) December 1, 2023

What do you suppose they are playing with? A kitten with a GoPro? NOTE: Turn the audio on.

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