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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

Blocked Russian wagons

26.05.2022

Finland blocked 1 000 Russian wagons

During the spring of 2022, the Finnish authorities detained 1 000 wagons of the aggressor country. The railway magazine Railway Supply writes about this with reference to RZD-Partner.
Rails and contact network

26.05.2022

Rashists hit the rails and the contact network

On the evening of May 23, the enemy fired rockets at the railway infrastructure in the Pavlograd and Sinelnikovsky districts of the Dnepropetrovsk region.
Coalition to unblock Ukrainian ports

26.05.2022

Lithuania proposes to create a naval coalition to unblock Ukrainian ports

Lithuania proposes to create a naval coalition to lift the Russian blockade on Ukrainian grain exports through the Black Sea.
Shelling of railway infrastructure

26.05.2022

Western weapons are not damaged as a result of shelling of the railway infrastructure of Ukraine

Not a single batch of Western weapons was damaged as a result of shelling of the railway infrastructure of Ukraine, - Oleksii Arestovich.
Damaged railway infrastructure

26.05.2022

Railroad infrastructure damaged as a result of missiles attacks on Merefa

Rashists launched a missile attack on the city of Merefa, Kharkiv region. Railway substation damaged.
Problems with the logistics of goods

25.05.2022

There are problems with the logistics of goods in Russia due to war and sanctions

Logistics chains in Russia were in a difficult state even before the war in Ukraine, and since the end of February the situation has sharply worsened.
Berdyansk port

25.05.2022

The occupiers appointed the “director” of the Berdyansk port

In the temporarily occupied Berdyansk (Zaporizhzhia region), a "director" of the commercial seaport was appointed. This is written by the railway magazine Railway Supply.
Diesel locomotives

25.05.2022

48 diesel locomotives were brought back into service at Zaporizhstal

The railway transport department of the Zaporizhstal Iron and Steel Works (part of the Metinvest Group) continues to remove locomotives from stand-by storage.
How business survives and works during the war

25.05.2022

How business survives and works during the war. History of Kievguma

In the past, when the word “war” was associated only with the Second World War, Kievguma supplied its own rubber, latex, PVC, TEP and silicone products to more than 30 countries.
Damaged railway infrastructure

25.05.2022

Enemy missiles damaged the railway infrastructure in Korosten

On the night of May 23, enemy troops subjected the city of Korosten, Zhytomyr region, to missilesattacks. The head of the regional state administration Vitaliy Bunechko spoke about this on the air of a telethon, the railway magazine Railway Supply reports with reference to korosten.
Shipment by rail

25.05.2022

“Artyomsil” stopped work because of the war

Due to the military aggression of the Russian Federation and the impossibility of shipping products by rail, one of the largest enterprises for the extraction and sale of salt "Artyomsil" stopped work.
Missile strikes on the railway

24.05.2022

The ineffectiveness of missile strikes on the railway of Ukraine was recognized on RFtelevision

On the air of TV show on channel Russia 1, propagandist Olga Skabeeva was indignant at the stable operation of the Ukrainian railway, as well as the visits of foreign politicians to Kyiv through it, despite the shelling.