UK says Crimea derailment will affect Black Sea Fleet supplies

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May 19. (EUROPE PRESS) –

The intelligence services of the United Kingdom have indicated this Friday that the derailment of a train registered on Thursday in the Crimean peninsula could affect the delivery of arms and supplies to the Black Sea Fleet in the framework of the invasion of Ukraine.

The authorities installed by Russia in the peninsula after its annexation in 2014 affirmed that the derailed cargo train was transporting grain and attributed what happened to “the interference of unauthorized persons” in the railway infrastructure. Thus, the traffic between Simferopol and Sevastopol was cut off.

“Russia will act to quickly repair the line, but the incident will disrupt the delivery of supplies and potentially weapons, such as Kalibr cruise missiles, to the Black Sea Fleet,” British intelligence services said in a statement. by the Ministry of Defense of the United Kingdom through its account on the social network Twitter.

In this sense, they have stressed that “any sabotage in this sensitive area will further raise the Kremlin’s concern about its ability to protect other key infrastructure in Crimea.” “The peninsula has a vital role at a psychological and logistical level when it comes to allowing Russia’s war in Ukraine,” they stressed.

The Russian government, which has controlled Crimea since 2014, has denounced several alleged sabotage attempts in the railway infrastructure in recent months. kyiv, for its part, insists on recovering sovereignty over the area, which it considers to be occupied territory to the same extent as several regions in eastern Ukraine.