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Passenger trains rerouted after large-scale Russian attack
Several passenger trains in three Ukrainian oblasts have been rerouted and delayed after Russian strikes damaged railway infrastructure.
Ukrainska Pravda
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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.
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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