kyiv releases photos of damaged bridge inside Russia that was used to transport weapons.
Ukraine has suggested it was behind an attack on a railway bridge in Russia's Samara region.
kyiv's military intelligence agency boasted on Monday that the explosion on the bridge had “paralyzed” traffic in the area. While attacks on infrastructure in Russia have become regular, it is rare for kyiv to comment.
“A railway bridge over the Chapaevka River in Russia's Samara region was blown up. On March 4, 2024, around 6:00 am (02:00 GMT), the bridge was damaged when its supporting structures were blown up,” Ukrainian Defense Intelligence said on the Telegram messaging site. He included a photo of the damaged bridge in his post.
Russia was using the rail line to transport munitions from a plant in the city of Chapayevsk, about 1,000 kilometers (621 miles) from the border with Ukraine, military intelligence added.
The publication stopped short of directly claiming responsibility for the attack, but Ukrainian intelligence rarely comments on attacks in Russia.
“Given the nature of the damage suffered by the railway bridge, its use will be impossible for a long time,” the statement reads.
The incident was the latest in a series of explosions targeting Russia's rail network, which kyiv says Moscow uses to move troops and equipment it uses for its invasion of Ukraine.
Chapayevsk is home to JSC Polimer, an arms manufacturer sanctioned by the United States in December.
The Russian rail operator earlier announced that “an intervention by unauthorized persons” had caused the incident, but said no one had been injured.
“Rail traffic is suspended for the moment on this section,” he added.
“There are no deaths or injuries,” Russia's Federal Security Service in the Samara region told state news agency Tass on Monday, as the area around the bridge was cordoned off by security forces.
Moscow had not yet commented on Ukraine's statements. Claims from both sides are difficult to verify in the war, which has now entered its third year, with the front line in eastern Ukraine largely bogged down in trench warfare.
Illustrating Kiev's increased confidence regarding attacks on Russian territory, its military agency said in January that “invisible opponents of Putin's regime” had burned a railway as well as facilities that Russian troops supposedly use for logistics in cities. Russian cities of Saratov, Yaroslavl and Dzerzhinsk.
