Missile event in Bilmak, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Oleksiivka area, Ukraine on Sat 14th December 2024

Russian train carrying 40 fuel tanks destroyed in Ukrainian security forces operation, UP sources say – video Ukraine's Security Service, Defence Intelligence, the Special Operations Forces, and the Armed Forces carried out a multi-stage special operation in Zaporizhzhia Oblast on 14 December, resulting in the destruction of a locomotive and 40 tank cars.

Counterintelligence officers from the Security Service of Ukraine first sabotaged the railway tracks while a Russian train carrying tankers was passing near the village of Oleksiivka in the Bilmak district.

When the train came to a halt, soldiers from the 14th Regiment of the Unmanned Systems Forces launched a drone attack, setting some of the tankers on fire.

Following this, Defence Intelligence air reconnaissance, in coordination with soldiers from the Tavriia Operational Strategic Group, targeted the outermost cars with HIMARS missiles to prevent the Russians from separating the tanks and salvaging some of the fuel.

Finally, Defence Intelligence officers finished off the train using attack drones.

In addition to the destruction of the locomotive and 40 tank cars, an important railway line supplying Russian forces has been put out of action for a long time.