Ukrainian officials have spoken out about an increase in armed resistance in the Russian-occupied regions of southern Ukraine.
On Thursday, Oleksiy Arestovych, an adviser to President Volodymyr Zelensky, said that sabotage by the Resistance Movement in Melitopol caused a Russian armored train to derail. Melitopol has been occupied by the Russians since early March.
Arestovych said that the train carriage carrying personnel and ammunition had overturned, exploding the ammunition depot.
“There was an explosion on the tracks, not of an armored train. Unfortunately, not a single occupant was killed in the explosion, they just ran away with a small amount of fear. But the important thing. – Ukrainian guerrillas in the south are active and effective,” he said.
Ivan Fedorov, the elected mayor of Melitopol, gave a similar account on Thursday. Fedorov is not currently in Melitopol. According to unofficial sources from the area, the train of 10 carriages and tracks were damaged, the armored train was stopped, and a locomotive with 10 fuel tanks that was following the armored train was also damaged. stop.
Separately, the Zaporizhzhia regional government on Thursday noted that “The Russian military does not allow railway workers to participate in the maintenance of the tracks but continues to use the railways.”
Arestovych points out that the vandalism was not an isolated incident. “According to the information available, two senior Russian officers have been eliminated.
On Wednesday, the Zaporizhzhia military junta also said that the guerrilla movement in Melitopol has “removed two Russian servicemen of high rank. The occupiers are trying to hide this situation. But today the occupiers have got rid of two Russian servicemen of high rank. close has specifically searched for private transport thoroughly, seems to be looking for partisans.”
CNN could not independently confirm the attacks on trains or Russian officers.
Arestovych also said that “flyers are being circulated” in the occupied areas,
In recent days, graphic posters depicting Russian soldiers killed by partisans have begun to appear in the occupied regions of Zaporizhzhia and Kherson. How common they are is unknown.
