Russian attack damages railway infrastructure in Kirovohrad Oblast: over 20 trains delayed

Ivan Diakonov - 3 September, 03:59

Passenger carriages. Stock photo: Getty Images

Over 20 trains are currently being delayed due to a large-scale Russian nighttime attack and damage to railway infrastructure in Kirovohrad Oblast. Four railway workers have been injured.

Source: Ukrainian state-run railway operator Ukrzaliznytsia

Details: Ukrzaliznytsia reported that the delays are affecting a number of trains, specifically:

No. 76 Kryvyi Rih – Kyiv
No. 75 Kyiv – Kryvyi Rih
No. 79 Dnipro – Lviv
No. 791 Kremenchuk – Kyiv
No. 790 Kropyvnytskyi – Kyiv
No. 121 Kherson – Kramatorsk
No. 85 Zaporizhzhia – Lviv
No. 38 Kyiv – Zaporizhzhia
No. 37 Zaporizhzhia – Kyiv
No. 51 Zaporizhzhia – Odesa
No. 789 Kropyvnytskyi – Kyiv
No. 119 Dnipro – Chełm
No. 31 Zaporizhzhia – Przemyśl
No. 59 Kharkiv – Odesa
No. 65/165 Kharkiv – Cherkasy, Uman
No. 102 Kramatorsk – Kherson
No. 80 Lviv – Dnipro
No. 120 Chełm – Dnipro
No. 86 Lviv – Zaporizhzhia
No. 8 Odesa – Kharkiv
No. 54 Odesa – Dnipro
No. 254 Odesa – Kryvyi Rih

"Railway workers are doing everything they can to repair the damaged infrastructure as quickly as possible and to minimise train delays," Ukrzaliznytsia said.

Update: Later, Ukrzaliznytsia reported that four railway workers had been injured in the Russian strike. Their condition is satisfactory and they are in hospital.

Background: On the night of 2-3 September, Russian forces used drones to attack Znamianka in Kirovohrad Oblast, injuring five people, damaging 28 residential buildings and leaving settlements in the area without electricity.

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