Hundreds of train passengers evacuated after Russian attacks on Ukrainian railways

Ukrainian Railways (Ukrzaliznytsia) asked the Konotop city authorities to evacuate about two hundred train passengers following this morning's Russian attack on Ukraine's railway infrastructure.

Source: Artem Semenikhin, Mayor of Konotop

Quote: "In order to rescue people, we are providing two large city buses, so Routes 5 and 1 will run with significantly longer intervals. Please be understanding."

Background: Trains in Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk and Kharkiv oblasts have been disrupted due to Russian attacks. In Sumy Oblast, rolling stock and railway infrastructure were damaged, and two members of a locomotive crew were taken to hospital to be examined.

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