Explosion in Nizhny Tagil, Fuel Tanks Irreparably Damaged

10 January, 2024 Damaged due to the explosion and burning of railway fuel tanks at the San Donato station. Photo from the open sources Nine fuel tanks were damaged in the Russian city of Nizhny Tagil as a result of sabotage.

A video in which one of the railway workers shows the consequences of sabotage was published on the web. As the author of the video notes, as a result of the explosion, nine fuel tanks received various degrees of damage. Due to severe fire and fuel burning, all damaged fuel tanks will be disposed of.

According to Russian media reports, the explosion occurred as a result of the explosion of an improvised explosive device. It was installed under one of the fuel tanks of the railway depot at San-Donato Station.

Recall that the explosion on the railway took place on January 8, 2024, in the city of Nizhny Tagil, Sverdlovsk oblast. Then, the train left the territory of the oil depot and stopped at the San-Donato station, after which an explosion occurred. Paramilitary guards were the first to arrive at the scene.

They reported that they noticed another explosive device on a magnet in a nearby barrel.

Damaged due to the explosion and burning of railway fuel tanks at the San Donato station. Photo from the open sources

As Militarnyi reported previously, the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) released footage of the arson of a Russian Su-34 bomber at an airfield in Chelyabinsk. On the night of January 4, at the Shagol airfield in Chelyabinsk, saboteurs set on fire the Russian Su-34 fighter-bomber.

According to the DIU, the aircraft belonged to the aviation regiment of the 21st Mixed Aviation Division of the Aerospace Forces of the Russian Armed Forces.

In the video, an unknown person can be seen lighting a fire inside one of the plane's air vents.