The War in Ukraine and Its Impact on Rail Transport

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10.08.2025

Russian Railways crisis threatens freight and economy

Drone strikes continue to cause major freight delays across Russia, severely affecting logistics as Russian Railways faces its worst operational crisis in over a decade.

06.06.2025

Drone Strikes Disrupt Russian Rail Freight Nationwide

Ukraine needs over $20B for railway reconstruction following the full-scale invasion.

30.05.2025

Ukraine needs $20B for railway reconstruction after the war

14.12.2022

New rails from Europe on the way to the reconstruction of Ukrainian infrastructure

France will supply Ukraine with new rails manufactured by Saarstahl. Much of the rail infrastructure in Ukraine has been damaged, and Ukraine's only rail manufacturer, Azovstal, is located in Mariupol and has been almost completely destroyed by Russian bombing.

14.12.2022

Russian Railways and Belarusian Railways suspended from participation in the activities of the International Union of Railways

The railways of Russia and Belarus are suspended from participation in the activities of the Regional European Assembly and the General Assembly of the International Union of Railways (UIC).

05.12.2022

Russian armored train deployed to the border with Ukraine

During the war, everything changes, including the role of trains. We see this in Ukraine, where trains are now one of the most important means of evacuation.

28.11.2022

Railway infrastructure damaged in Kryvyi Rig district

On November 27, on Sunday morning, Russian invaders hit the railway infrastructure in the Lozuvatka community of the Kryvyi Rig region with two missiles.

25.11.2022

Rail transportation on the Crimean bridge is still limited

After the explosion on the Crimean bridge connecting the Crimean peninsula with the Russian mainland, railroad cars were transported across the Kerch Strait on ships.

25.11.2022

UZ has already collected more than 5 million UAH from the sale of “tickets to victory”

In the ten days since the launch of the Ukrzaliznytsia and UNITED24 project, Ukrainians have purchased more than 3,000 tickets to the already liberated Kherson and the still occupied Donetsk, Luhansk, Mariupol, Simferopol and Sevastopol.

24.11.2022

SBU exposes UZ officials who helped the enemy maintain rail links with the Russian Federation

The security service exposed two former heads of the structural subdivision of the Southern Railway in the Kharkiv region.

16.11.2022

More military equipment on the Belarusian-Russian trains

Belarus and Russia are again cooperating in the transportation of military equipment by rail. Between February and September, they exchanged more than 100,000 tons of ammunition, and during October, more than 5,200 tons of armored vehicles were sent from Belarus to Russia.

11.11.2022

Another partisan attack led to the burning of a Russian train

The war on the railroad escalates. Another successful operation took place in Russia, where a freight train with fuel was set on fire, heading towards the Ukrainian front.

08.11.2022

North Korea-Russia Train Raises Concerns Over Smuggling Munitions

On Friday, November 4, the first freight train left North Korea for Russia. The train with three boxcars entered Russia via the only overland connection between the two countries, a bridge known as the Korean-Russian Friendship Bridge.

08.11.2022

Lithuanian border guards did not let Russian wagons with symbols of the Airborne Forces through

At the end of last week, the border guards of Lithuania did not let through 5 gondola cars with Russian military symbols, which were transiting to Belarus as part of freight trains.

07.11.2022

Lukashenka regime is in a panic from the actions of the rail partizans

The infrastructure of the Belarusian Railways was taken under heavy guard by the KGB, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus.