Ukrainian Resistance Burns Russian Electric Locomotive Used For Military Supply Runs

Partisan movement Atesh said its agents disabled a mainline freight electric locomotive in the Russian city of Oryol, claiming the action disrupted Russian military logistics toward the Sumy direction.

According to Atesh’s Telegram channel on February 15, the group reported that its agents set fire to critical equipment on a VL80 freight electric locomotive at a railway junction in Oryol. The outlet said the movement described the act as a deliberate attempt to interfere with supply routes supporting Russian forces.

Atesh said: “This electric locomotive will not go anywhere again. The enemy’s logistics supply chain has taken another hit. While they search for a replacement engine, shells and equipment will not reach the front in time.”

The organization stated that the VL80 locomotive is widely used on Russian railways for hauling heavy freight, including military trains.

According to the movement, the destroyed unit had been actively used to transport equipment, ammunition, and fuel from rear areas to border regions of Russia to reinforce troop groupings operating on the Sumy axis.

Atesh confirmed that the locomotive was rendered inoperable by arson. The group described the VL80 as a heavy locomotive used to transport “multi-ton military trains” and stated that the targeted unit supported logistical flows toward the Sumy direction.

Earlier on February 12, the Atesh resistance movement reported sabotaging a Russian KAMAZ-based vehicle equipped with the “Omut” electronic warfare system in the Bryansk region.

According to the group, an agent poured sugar into the vehicle’s fuel tank at a repair and storage base, preventing the system from being deployed toward the Sumy direction and potentially disabling the engine before it could enter combat service.

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