A Russian train reported to have been carrying “oil products and timber” was derailed on the Bryansk-Unecha line, about 60 km inside Russia from the Ukrainian border. The train was derailed by an explosive device, derailing 7 cars of the 60-car train and setting the locomotive on fire. The resulting damage forced the cancellation of two Moscow-bound passenger trains along the line (the passengers were transported by bus instead). There was no report of any casualties.
In another act of sabotage, power lines 60 km south of St. Petersburg in northwest Russia (and Russia’s 2nd largest city), were blown up by “an explosive device.” A second explosive device was disarmed by Russian authorities (no word on whether it had malfunctioned or was discovered before it was to be detonated).