Bomb blitz attack obliterates Russia’s longest railway tunnel severing key freight link with China in the Severomuysky mountains, Ukraine claims

• Ukraine blew up a Siberian railway line Russia used to transport military supplies
• The country’s security service blew up the Severomuysky Tunnel
• It comes as Ukraine has stepped up its offensive moves against Russia 

Ukraine’s security service has claimed to have blown up a railway line in Siberia that Russia uses to haul military supplies. 

Four explosive devices were detonated overnight as a cargo train was moving through the Severomuysky Tunnel in Buryatia region, which borders Mongolia, a source told Reuters. 

Such an attack, over 2,480 miles from Ukraine, would be a striking demonstration of Kyiv’s ability to conduct operations deep inside Russia.

MailOnline could not independently verify the account or whether the rail route is used for military supplies.

Russian sources told Reuters that a train had caught fire in the area, but made no mention of explosives.

Four explosive devices were reportedly detonated overnight as a cargo train was moving through the Severomuysky Tunnel (pictured)

Ukraine has increasingly been taking the fight to Russia in recent months, 21 months into the bloodiest conflict on European soil in decades

Russia’s Investigative Committee said in a statement that a train carrying fuel caught fire in the Severomuysky tunnel on Wednesday night, that there had been no casualties

Russia’s Investigative Committee said in a statement that a train carrying fuel caught fire in the Severomuysky tunnel on Wednesday night, that there had been no casualties and that a preliminary probe was under way to establish the cause.

Russian Railways, the state company which owns and operates the rail network, said the train was stopped when they noticed smoke coming from a tank containing diesel fuel.

In a statement online, it said rail traffic had been rerouted, slightly increasing journey time, but that transport had not been interrupted. 

Ukraine has increasingly been taking the fight to Russia in recent months, 21 months into the bloodiest conflict on European soil in decades. 

Last week, a Ukrainian strike on a power station in Russian-held territory in eastern Ukraine took out power to towns and cities in the region, authorities said. 

Denis Pushilin, the pro-Russia leader in part of Donetsk, said that most of the drones Ukraine sent to attack the infrastructure were caught, but ‘due to the massiveness of the strikes, not everything was shot down.’

‘The situation is not easy,’ he added. 

The mass drone attack hit the thermal power plant in Starobesheve, a town that lies just 25 miles east of the front line in the region. 

As a result, power had been cut in half of the regional capital, Donetsk, and in half of the port city of Mariupol, about 60 miles to the south. 

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