'Arson epidemic' spreads across Russia as power equipment goes up in flames – sources

During the past week, an “epidemic” of arsons and “spontaneous ignitions” of electrical panels and relay cabinets on railways and other elements of infrastructure involved in supporting the Kremlin’s aggression against Ukraine has intensified in Russia.

Sources in Ukrainian intelligence report that sudden fires at key nodes of Russia’s logistics and power supply networks have occurred almost throughout the entire territory of the aggressor state.

Electrical panels, relay cabinets, and communication towers caught fire over the past week in Moscow, the Irkutsk region, Vologda, Sterlitamak, Kalachinsk, Pionersky, Zarechny, Krasnoselye, Mramornyy, and other locations.

As seen in the posted videos, representatives of the local resistance movement set fire to infrastructure using gasoline and other flammable liquids, recording it on video.

As a result of such actions, Russians are left without electricity and communications, while the Russian army faces logistical difficulties.

“Sudden arsons, unexpected explosions, the rumble and the bavovna (explosions) are intensifying and spreading across the entire territory of the Russian Federation. There will be more — the infrastructure will burn brighter, while in Russian homes, on the contrary, it will grow darker,” representatives of the resistance movement said.

Earlier today, the resistance movement ATESH reported a successful sabotage operation in the temporarily occupied territory of Crimea.

Their agents disabled relay equipment on a railway near Armiansk, which led to the suspension of train traffic used to transport ammunition and equipment to the front.

Besides, two enemy Be-12 Seagull amphibious aircraft were recently destroyed in Crimea for the first time in history.