Did Ukrainian intelligence use HIMARS to attack Russian trains?

The Kyiv Independent, citing a source, reported that Ukrainian intelligence agencies destroyed a Russian train carrying 40 fuel tanks in Zaporizhzhia province.

The Ukrainian Air Force accuses Russia of launching a total of 108 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) into Ukraine during the night of December 14 and the early morning of December 15, according to The Kyiv Independent .

The Ukrainian Air Force claimed to have successfully shot down 56 UAVs; 49 disappeared from radar and their exact flight paths remain unknown, while 3 experienced malfunctions and returned to Russian territory.

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The latest Russian offensive targets 10 Ukrainian provinces, including Chernihiv, Sumy, Kyiv, Poltava, Cherkasy, Khmelnytskyi, Mykolaiv, Kharkiv, Donetsk, and Dnipropetrovsk, according to The Kyiv Independent.

Meanwhile, Governor Vitalii Kim of Mykolaiv province in southern Ukraine announced that two people were injured and some infrastructure in the city of Mykolaiv was damaged.

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According to Mr. Kim, in the early morning of December 15, Ukrainian air defense forces shot down four UAVs in Mykolaiv province. Subsequently, a UAV attacked the city of Mykolaiv at 6:57 AM local time on December 15, damaging infrastructure and injuring two workers.

As of the evening of December 15th, there was no information regarding Russia's reaction to the accusations and statements from Ukraine.

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Russia claims to have destroyed numerous weapons supplied to Ukraine by the United States.

The Russian Defense Ministry announced on December 15 that Russian forces had gained control of the Vesyoly Gai and Pushkino areas in Donetsk, according to TASS news agency.

According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the combat groups inflicted a total of 1,300 casualties on Ukrainian troops in 24 hours.

The Russian Ministry of Defense also stated that the combat groups had caused Ukrainian forces to lose two US-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, two US-supplied howitzers, two US-supplied M777 howitzers, and four US-made Patriot missile launchers.

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Russian forces also "attacked the infrastructure of military airfields, where enemy troops and weapons were concentrated in 146 areas," according to the Russian Ministry of Defense.

As of the evening of December 15th, there was no information regarding the reaction of either Ukraine or the United States to the statement from the Russian Ministry of Defense.

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The situation in Kursk

The Russian Ministry of Defense announced on the afternoon of December 15 that Ukrainian casualties in the Russian province of Kursk in the previous 24 hours had reached over 400, according to the TASS news agency.

The Russian Ministry of Defense also claimed that Ukrainian forces in Kursk lost one more tank, two infantry fighting vehicles, three armored fighting vehicles, seven motorized vehicles, and ten mortars.

Since fighting began in Kursk on August 6, Ukrainian forces have lost more than 40,860 troops, 241 tanks, 180 infantry fighting vehicles, 125 armored personnel carriers, 1,256 armored fighting vehicles, 1,138 motorized vehicles, 314 artillery pieces, and 40 multiple rocket launchers, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense.

As of the evening of December 15th, there was no information regarding Ukraine's reaction to the new statement from the Russian Ministry of Defense.

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Did Ukraine attack Russian trains with HIMARS?

The Kyiv Independent reported on December 15, citing an intelligence source, that Ukrainian intelligence agencies destroyed a Russian train carrying 40 fuel tanks in the Russian-controlled area of ​​Zaporizhzhia province in southern Ukraine on December 14.

The source also confirmed that the purpose of the operation was to disrupt the supply route used by Russia to transport fuel from the Crimean Peninsula to the Zaporizhzhia province. The operation was carried out jointly by the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU), the Tavria Group of the Ukrainian army, the Military Intelligence Service (HUR), and the Special Operations Forces (SSO).

According to the same source, the sabotage of Russian trains began with the SBU organizing a sabotage mission on railway tracks near the village of Oleksiivka in the Bilmak district.

As a Russian train carrying 40 fuel tanks was traveling along the tracks, an explosion caused it to derail and some of the fuel tanks to catch fire, according to sources.

HIMARS during a firing exercise in Ukraine.

The source also claimed that Ukrainian forces fired the US-supplied High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) at the locomotives and outermost carriages, preventing Russian forces from securing any fuel tanks.

The operation completely destroyed the locomotive and 40 fuel tanks, paralyzing a crucial supply route for Russian forces in the region and rendering the targeted railway line inoperable, according to sources.

As of the evening of December 15th, there was no information regarding Russia's response.

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Source: https://thanhnien.vn/chien-su-ukraine-ngay-1026-tinh-bao-ukraine-dung-himars-tan-cong-tau-lua-nga-185241215181308519.htm