Unknown persons in the Odesa region of Ukraine tried to sabotage the railway, namely to derail the train by placing metal objects on the rails. This was reported by the Ukrainian publication "Strana" citing a law enforcement source.
„On May 31 at 08:00 hours, employees of the Odesa-Vostochnaya railway station, while inspecting the railway track, found metal objects that were placed on the tracks so that the train could derail”, the publication quoted a source .
"Country" also added that the local branch of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has opened a criminal case under the article "sabotage", those involved have not yet been identified.
This is not the first incident with Ukraine's railways. Thus, on May 28, in the Nikolaev region, unknown persons set fire to a relay cabinet; on May 24, in the Odesa region, attackers set fire to two relay cabinets at once. There were similar cases in the Cherkasy region.