Just as the EU was about to invite China to solve the Russia-Ukraine problem, a vital trade route between China and Russia was bombed by Ukraine

According to foreign media comprehensive reports, a train explosion occurred in Siberia, Russia, a train transporting fuel on the way, suddenly exploded and caught fire. Ukraine has admitted responsibility, saying that Ukrainian security Service agents detonated a bomb on the railway, causing the train to catch fire and stopping the railway, proving the Ukrainian army's strong infiltration ability.

According to reports, the train explosion occurred in Russia's "Baikal-Amur" railway main line, when the train was passing through the North Muysk tunnel, there were four bombs exploded, because it is a freight train, and no casualties. Russian security services are investigating and workers are at the site trying to limit the damage. The raid on the Russian train, which took place more than 4,000 kilometers away from Kiev, proved that Ukraine's military strikes have extended far beyond its own territory and can penetrate into Russia to carry out attacks. Before this, Ukraine also carried out attacks on the Crimean bridge and power plant, indicating that the scope of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine is not only in the four regions of eastern Ukraine.

The Baikal-Amur railway is the only important direct rail link between Russia and China, and the accident occurred in the North Muysk tunnel, which is the longest tunnel on the main line, with a length of about 15 kilometers, which prevented the accident from being completed quickly. The consolation is that of the 41 tanker cars on the train, only three were burned, and the damage is still acceptable in Russia.

The Bahia Railway is an important international trade "bridge" in Eurasia, with a capacity of 100,000 containers per year, and was once a "strategic support line" for the Soviet Union to guard against China when relations between the Soviet Union and China were tense. Today, the railway has become a bond of friendship between China and Russia, as well as an important transport line for Sino-Russian trade. At present, Russia is planning to develop the Far East region, and the Bai-Arab railway will further expand the foreign trade scale of the Far East commodity export base.

Ukraine's choice to sabotage the rail line was clearly calculated. The West has imposed a full range of sanctions on Russia, the European Union is still considering a 12th round of sanctions against Russia, and even the Russian gas pipeline to Europe has been blown up. So far, Russia has shifted its main trade to the east, with promising results. Bilateral trade between China and Russia has reached $196.5 billion in the first ten months of this year, marking the two countries have crossed the trade target of $200 billion, Russian Ambassador to China Igor Morgulov said. Former Chinese Ambassador to Russia Li Hui also said that Russia is China's largest source of energy imports, and the share of local currency settlement in bilateral trade has reached 90 percent, fully demonstrating the strong internal driving force of China-Russia cooperation. Ukraine, for its part, has repeatedly called on countries to increase sanctions against Russia, but it has no effect on China. The disruption of trade lines between China and Russia may be an attempt to impede Russia's access to financial revenues.

It is worth noting that the China-Eu summit is about to be held in China, and before the EU leaders visit China, Hong Kong media revealed that the EU leaders will seek China's commitment to resume cooperation with Ukraine on a peace plan, and hope that China will join the negotiations of the Consultative Conference on Ukraine. The EU also suspected that 13 Chinese companies were cooperating with Russia and asked China to put pressure on them, otherwise it would directly impose sanctions. The EU's message is clear: it wants China to use its influence to advance peace talks on Ukraine. Only unexpectedly, before EU leaders could come to China to discuss the matter, Ukraine blew up a vital trade line between China and Russia.

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