Recently, Ukrainian intelligence launched an attack on a 60,000-kilometer railway line on the Russian mainland, which has aroused great concern in the international community. There were a total of 41 tank cars on this freight railway, three of which were completely burned.
What's more, the attack damaged the Severomuya Mountain Tunnel, a key node of the Baikal-Amur Railway, an important transport artery connecting China and Russia. Just a day later, Ukraine blew up another bridge on another railway line.
Russia accuses Ukraine of using the railways to transport military supplies, saying the move has paralyzed Russian rail transport in Siberia.
This action by Ukraine is undoubtedly a spillover of the war, which not only affects Russia's strategic layout, but also has a certain impact on Russia's ties with China.
The Baikal-Amur Railway is just one of the two main transport arteries connecting China and Russia, the other being the Trans-Siberian Railway, which stretches into the Far East.
These two routes carry more than 80 million tons of cargo a year, most of which is destined for China. It can be said that they are the lifeblood that supports the exchanges between China and Russia. Especially at a time when the European market is cut off, this eastward artery is even more important for Russia.
Therefore, Ukraine's attack this time has undoubtedly dealt a heavy blow to Russia's war layout and external affairs. However, we need to make it clear that this matter has nothing to do with China in any real way. The railway system itself is the target of the war between Russia and Ukraine, and there is no need for China to get involved in this contradiction.
Interestingly, this incident actually proves the fact that it is difficult for modern Russia to form a large-scale military threat to China.
In the past, many Chinese worried about whether the powerful Soviet Red Army would launch an attack on China. Now this false alarm is self-defeating.
Just a few Ukrainian attacks have paralyzed strategic transport to the Russian Far East. This proves that Russia's infrastructure in the Siberian region is inherently fragile and can hardly support a large-scale conventional war, which is also a historical fact.
Of course, we should not downplay Russia's power in the Far East because of this. The relationship between China and Russia has now risen to a new height, and there is no relationship between the threatened and the threatened.
But there are some people who speak extremist rhetoric or advocate nationalism. Therefore, there are also certain voices of concern about the status of the Far East in Russia. This also reminds us that China and Russia still have a long way to go to build mutual trust and adhere to the path of peaceful development.
In any case, this incident is a wake-up call for us. It shows that under the conditions of modern warfare, the safety of the transportation system can no longer be guaranteed.
It also exposes the weakness of the transportation system in Russia's own defense system. It also provides an opportunity for us to think about how to strengthen the security of our infrastructure.
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