Ukrainian drones struck the Tatsinskaya railway station in Russia's Rostov Oblast for the second consecutive night, causing a fire near freight tanks, according to Russian Telegram channel Astra.
The attack occurred during the night of 5-6 August. Local residents reported about explosions and subsequent fires at the facility.
"The drone strike was apparently aimed at railway infrastructure," said Petro Andryushchenko, head of the Center for the Study of Occupation.
"This is a non-electrified section of the railway and we are not hitting substations. This means we are systematically cutting out the Russians' railway, including diesel traction with locomotives. For a long time," he said.
The Tatsinskaya station had already been targeted the previous night, with explosions and fires reported on 4-5 August. That attack also affected the cities of Millerovo and Belaya Kalitva in the same oblast.
The railway attacks represent a shift toward targeting transportation infrastructure that supports both civilian and military logistics. The Tatsinskaya station sits on a key rail line connecting southern Russia with other oblasts.
Separately, the Russian city of Bryansk came under massive drone attack early morning on 6 August. Local witnesses described a column of thick black smoke rising from an oil depot area where drone debris had fallen.
The Bryansk Oblast has faced repeated drone attacks throughout the summer. In late June, Ukrainian drones struck rocket fuel storage facilities and fuel and lubricant warehouses belonging to the Russian army, causing fires at an oil depot. Ukrainian forces also destroyed an Iskander missile system near Bryansk during that period.
Russian authorities have not officially commented on either the railway station attacks or the Bryansk oil depot strike.
