A key railway tunnel, the Baja Railway, was blown up in an attack by Ukrainian agents. According to Russian media reports, in the early morning of November 30, located in the Russian Republic of Buryatia, connecting the Far East region and China and Russia between the railway tunnel was damaged. The railway tunnel is the longest in Russia, with a length of more than 30 kilometers. Ukrainian agents planted bombs in four carriages carrying aviation fuel, causing an explosion that set the train ablaze.
The railway is Russia's main transport artery, playing an important role in connecting Moscow with the Far East, and is also a key railway line for transporting energy supplies from the Far East. The attack has had a major impact on transport in Russia.
My analysis is this. China has become Russia's largest trading partner, and the destruction of the railway will naturally have an impact on trade between the two countries. Although the impact is bound to be short-lived, given the infrastructure capabilities of Russia and China, the nature of the matter is very bad.
The attack caused direct damage to Russian rail transport. The blown up tunnel is an important part of the Bai-Arab railway, and its damage has disrupted rail transport, affecting normal passenger and freight traffic. Secondly, the explosion caused a large amount of aviation oil burning, causing serious pollution to the environment. The site is located in the Republic of Buryatia, which is an ecologically fragile region, and the pollution incident has undoubtedly brought serious damage to the local ecological environment.
The attack also raised tensions between Russia and Ukraine. In recent years, the conflict in eastern Ukraine has escalated, and Russia-Ukraine relations have become increasingly tense. The bombing of the Bai-Albanian railway by Ukrainian agents was seen as a provocation against Russia. The incident could trigger a larger conflict between Russia and Ukraine, and could even escalate into a regional crisis.
But from another perspective, the attack may also be an opportunity for Russia to strengthen cooperation with China. In recent years, China-Russia relations have become increasingly close, and the two sides have carried out extensive cooperation in energy, infrastructure construction and other fields. The Baech-Arab railway is an important corridor connecting China and Russia, and the attack makes Russia likely to pay more attention to cooperation with China to jointly deal with regional security risks.
Russia is essentially a very pro-Western country, but the bombing of the railway connecting China and Russia is bound to make Russia feel unbearable pain in the short term. Now that Russia is under a complete blockade by the West, it is so eager to have another great power cooperate with it that it keeps trying to tie us to its chariot in the Ukraine conflict. And this time, how should we treat it?
