The War in Ukraine and Its Impact on Rail Transport

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How Ukrzaliznytsia detected a drone threat, ordered a stop and evacuated 340 passengers after a fatal locomotive strike in Odesa region.

14.08.2026

Drone warning, stop order, fatal strike: how 340 passengers were evacuated in Odesa region

Ukraine seeks a 50% Moldova grain rail tariff cut for transit to Constanța, while Moldova wants guaranteed shipment volumes.

11.08.2026

Ukraine Seeks 50% Cut in Moldova Grain Rail Tariff

Ukrainian locomotives damaged in Russian attacks

07.07.2026

Ukrainian locomotives hit in repeated Russian attacks

14.03.2023

Grain agreement to be extended after March 18

Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Vershinin said the Russian Federation is ready to extend the "grain corridor" after March 18 for another 60 days.

13.03.2023

Russians shelled Slavyansk: railway track damaged

Vadim Lyakh, head of the Slavyansk City State Administration, wrote on his Facebook page that on Sunday, March 12, the occupiers shelled the city of Slavyansk in the Donetsk region.

08.03.2023

Nationalization of Russian property has been blocked in Ukraine for more than six months

Six months after the approval of the list at a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers, more than 900 objects of commercial property in Ukraine belonging to the Russian government and state-owned companies of the aggressor country have not been forcibly seized.

28.02.2023

Network Rail Helps Rebuild Ukraine

Network Rail, working with partners in the railway industry under the slogan UK Rail for Ukraine, once again provided great assistance to colleagues from Ukraine.

27.02.2023

Military personnel and equipment from Belarus is transferred to the Russian Federation

A railway echelon with equipment and military personnel left Belarus. The train goes to Russia and should arrive in Matveev Kurgan on March 4th.

22.02.2023

Russian court sentenced two people on suspicion of railroad sabotage

A Russian court in the Belgorod region sentenced two people to three and a half years in a strict regime colony. The verdict was based on suspicion of sabotage on a railroad near the border with Ukraine.

22.02.2023

Income of UZ from the use of arrested wagons and containers of companies from the RF and Belarus reached UAH 1.7 billion

JSC Ukrzaliznytsia received UAH 1. 7 billion in income from the commercial use of arrested railway wagons and containers owned by Russian and Belarusian companies, the Economic Security Bureau (BEB) reported in a February 20 press release.

14.02.2023

Putin moved to an armored train

Russian President Vladimir Putin is increasingly using an armored train for long-distance travel to his residences. In the fall of 2021, when the Russian army began to actively prepare for an invasion of Ukraine, Vladimir Putin started using an armored train.

01.02.2023

Ukraine imposes sanctions against the Belarusian railway

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky signed a decree imposing sanctions on 182 Russian and Belarusian organizations and three individuals.

01.02.2023

Ukraine has already received 500 trains with weapons and ammunition from Western partners

NATO has limited ability to deliver troops and weapons to the border with Ukraine, the US military is working to solve this problem.

25.01.2023

Latvia and Lithuania promise joint efforts to ban the transit of Russian goods

The transport ministers of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania met on January 23 for the first time in four years to discuss a ban on the transit of Russian and Belarusian goods.

11.01.2023

Train delivers 1,500 Russian soldiers to Belarus

On the night from Saturday to Sunday, a train with Russian servicemen arrived in Belarus. According to the independent channel "Belarusian Hajun", there were about 700-800 people in the train.