Passenger trains rerouted after large-scale Russian attack
Several passenger trains in three Ukrainian oblasts have been forced to change routes and are running with delays following a large-scale Russian attack that has damaged railway infrastructure.
Source: Ukrainian state-run railway operator Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways)
Quote: "Several Ukrzaliznytsia trains in Rivne, Vinnytsia and Zhytomyr oblasts are being rerouted as a result of a large-scale enemy attack and damage to railway infrastructure. This means delays on routes, which can be tracked on the uz-vezemo website. Backup diesel locomotives have been deployed to all sections without electricity. Inspection and repair of the infrastructure have also begun."
Details: Ukrzaliznytsia said that monitoring teams had managed to protect dozens of passenger trains from over a hundred Russian drones and missiles overnight.
Railway workers performed emergency stops and conducted several overnight evacuations of passengers due to the threat of further strikes.
Background:
- On the night of 6-7 March, Russian forces conducted a large-scale combined attack on Ukraine.
- First, Russian drones attacked the city of Sumy, hitting both residential and non-residential buildings, as well as the city of Chuhuiv in Kharkiv Oblast, where a drone struck a house and injured two people.
- Later, Russian forces launched a missile strike on a five-storey residential building in Kharkiv, destroying the entrance section and killing and injuring people.
- After that, Russian missiles also struck the city of Novodnistrovsk in Chernivtsi Oblast, causing power outages, and attacked Zaporizhzhia, injuring a baby.
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