KYIV — Russia is intentionally concentrating on Ukraine’s key railway junctions in a bid to destroy the nation’s important transportation artery, in response to Ukrainian authorities.
“The enemy tried to disable substations that energy the railway community with an enormous drone assault this night time,” Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Oleksii Kuleba mentioned in a submit on Fb revealed early Wednesday.
“Such strikes have a transparent objective — to complicate the transportation of passengers and cargo, disrupt the secure operation of transport, and create extra stress on folks and the economic system,” Kuleba added.
Since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in 2022, Ukraine has banned air transportation for safety causes. Railways have turn out to be the important thing channels preserving the nation working and linked to the EU.
In keeping with Kuleba, some 20 trains had been in transit when Russia launched its large in a single day assault on the railways of japanese Ukraine. Whereas nobody was injured, 26 trains have been delayed within the Dnipro and Odesa areas as a result of assaults. Passengers on board the trains reported they’d been caught for greater than 5 hours because of the strikes.
“One other night time, one other advanced assault on Ukraine’s railways,” mentioned Oleksandr Pertsovskyi, head of the board at Ukrainian Railways.
The Russian military has since August been concentrating on railway infrastructure round Ukraine, which Kyiv makes use of for civilian but additionally cargo transportation, in a bid to destroy key junctions, Pertsovskyi instructed Ukrainian state information company Ukrinform on Tuesday.
“Drones are massively attacking our key stations. Examples are assaults on Lozova station, Synelnykovo, and Kozyatyn stations … they’re attacking hub stations virtually all around the nation,” Pertsovskyi mentioned.
The assaults are advanced, concentrating on energy substations, locomotive depots and passenger stations. “The enemy is attacking in such a method that, in truth, the hub is destroyed,” Pertsovskyi mentioned.