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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

27.04.2022

The occupiers damaged the railway tracks and the contact network in the Dnipro region

On April 21 in the Novomoskovsky district of the Dnipro region the Russian occupying troops launched three missile attacks on the railway.

27.04.2022

Thales sold technology and components of the fire control system to Russia

The French company Thales, bypassing the sanctions, sold technologies and components of a fire control system for guns for new Russian BMD-4 armored vehicles.

26.04.2022

Detained “rail partisans” recognized as political prisoners

Today, human rights activists recognized 11 more people as political prisoners. These are the "rail partisans" Sergei Glebko, Dmitry Ravich, Denis Dikun, Oleg Molchanov, Sergei Konovalov, Sergei Plyashkun, Yuri Selvich, Evgeny Minkevich, Dmitry Klimov, Vladimir Avramtsev, Alexei Shishkovets.

26.04.2022

Ukraine wants to nationalize more than 1 500 railway wagons

The State Bureau of Investigation has initiated the nationalization of more than 1 500 freight railcars identified in three regions of Ukraine.

25.04.2022

One of the software developers for Russian Railways leaves the Russian market

The manufacturer of software for business process management, the German company SAP, has finally decided to leave the Russian market.

25.04.2022

Freight traffic between the aggressor and China has decreased

Since the Russian Federation launched a full-scale invasion of the territory of Ukraine, cargo transportation from China to Russia has decreased.

25.04.2022

About 85% of Russian military equipment withdrawn from Belarus

At the moment there are no echelons and military equipment loading and at the railway stations in Osipovichi, Kolodishchi, Khoiniki, Rechitsa, Kalinkovichi, Kozenki (Mozyr).

25.04.2022

Belgian port protests against Russian tankers

A protest action was held against the acceptance of oil tankers under the Russian flag in the port of Antwerp (Belgium) at the end of last week.

23.04.2022

Japanese railway workers expressed their support to Ukrzaliznytsia

Japanese transportation company Takamatsu-Kotohira Electric Railroad Co. , Ltd.

23.04.2022

SBU exposes railroad collaborators

The Security Service of Ukraine exposed two railway collaborators. This is reported by the railway magazine Railway Supply with reference to the press service of the SBU.

23.04.2022

The Russian occupation forces attacked the railway in Pavlograd for the third time

On the morning of April 18, the troops of the aggressor country fired on the Dnepropetrovsk region. The head of the Dnepropetrovsk Regional State Administration, Valentin Reznichenko, wrote about this on his Facebook page, reports the railway magazine Railway Supply.

22.04.2022

The war destroyed up to 30% of Ukraine’s infrastructure

During the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation into the territory of Ukraine, 30% of the infrastructure worth $100 billion was destroyed or damaged.