00:00Russia has begun a particularly lethal phase of its offensive against Ukraine by attacking in a
00:06The country's railway network was deliberately targeted. According to The Guardian, the latest bombings
00:11The train crash in Kyiv caused the deaths of six railway workers. The state-owned company Ukrasaliznitsya
00:18It was reported that several employees died when a ballistic missile struck a warehouse.
00:23locomotives. Russian forces also attacked other railway installations during a
00:29massive bombing campaign on Kyiv and its region, leaving at least 12 dead and dozens injured
00:34of injured, including three minors. The attack occurred amid a wave of violence.
00:41over the Ukrainian capital. Since last week, Russia has carried out six consecutive days of
00:47bombings with the aim of disrupting daily life and undermining the morale of the city.
00:52The blow came just hours before Ukrainian children were due to start the new school year.
00:57Since the start of the large-scale invasion, 58 railway workers have died and at least
01:05318 people have been injured. The Ukrainian rail network, the third largest in Europe,
01:12With 24,000 kilometers of track, it has become a lifeline for the civilian population during the
01:18war. It has transported four million people and some 120,000 head of cattle.
01:25Sergi Leshenko, a member of the Supervisory Council of Ucresaliznitsya, described the railway as
01:32the backbone of the Ukrainian economy. He explained that it is the main supplier
01:37logistics for the country's army and industry, with 600,000 passengers transported
01:43weekly, and it is the largest company in Ukraine, with 170,000 employees. For these reasons,
01:50He argued that Russia seeks to destroy the railway system. According to Leshenko, the Russian strategy has been...
01:57evolving. In the first year of the war they attacked bridges, which were easy to replace. Then they struck
02:03tracks and electrical substations, which led Ukraine to resort to diesel locomotives.
02:09This year, Russia reportedly began carrying out direct attacks against civilian locomotives.
02:15a particularly dangerous tactic at a time when Ukraine lacks sufficient defense.
02:21anti-aircraft. Leshenko noted that if a Shahed drone approaches within 50 kilometers of a train,
02:28This area must be evacuated, and traffic only resumes when the threat disappears.
02:34According to their data, trains have been attacked more than 1,500 times this year.
02:39exceeding the total of 2,025, with 249 wagons and 492 locomotives damaged. The trains,
02:49Once known for their punctuality, they now suffer regular delays of between 12 and 15 hours.
02:55and air raid sirens force passengers to disembark and seek shelter,
03:00even in the dead of winter. Ukrainian journalist Tatiana Sayets recounted one of those nights,
03:07in which the train stopped in the early hours of the morning somewhere in the center of the country. He described the moment
03:13in which the conductor announced the evacuation, the rain, the blankets distributed by the staff and the most
03:20of two hours spent as refugees under a freight car while kamikaze drones flew overhead
03:26area. In the last carriage were children being transferred from a hospital, crying in their sleep.
03:34The journalist said he felt like he was living in a horror movie, which, however, was his everyday reality.
03:41Last week, an enemy drone crashed into a train in the Odessa region.
03:47It was carrying 600 people, including 15 minors.
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