Partisan Attack in Crimea Knocks Out Locomotive, Blocks Russian Logistics

A sabotage operation near Simferopol in temporarily occupied Crimea has reportedly disrupted Russian military logistics, after a locomotive used to transport supplies to frontline units was put out of action, the partisan group Atesh reported on March 18.

Atesh agents had disabled a diesel locomotive at a railway junction near the city. According to the group, the engine cannot be quickly repaired.

The operation was carried out on the eve of March 18—a date marked by Russia as the anniversary of its claimed annexation of Crimea.

The targeted rail line is used to supply Russian forces operating on the Zaporizhzhia axis, where active fighting is ongoing.

According to Atesh, a shipment of ammunition, spare parts, and maintenance supplies for military equipment was expected to pass through the junction.

The damage to the locomotive effectively halted those deliveries, leaving units without scheduled resupply and potentially impacting their operational capabilities on the frontline.

The incident follows a previous pattern of sabotage attacks on the Russian military logistics. Recently, agents of the Atesh resistance movement incapacitated a relay cabinet on a railway segment near Stary Oskol, Belgorod region, on the route leading towards Kupiansk.

Earlier, the Atesh partisan movement claimed responsibility for a series of successful sabotage operations on the railway infrastructure in occupied Luhansk, aimed at severing the primary supply line for Russian forces on the Pokrovsk front.

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