Russian strike killed assistant driver in his train cab in Zaporizhzhia
The driver of the third train in Zaporizhzhia reached safety. His assistant, in the rear cab, could not be saved, the railway chief says.
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Crane truck driver runs the red signal at Lviv crossing — the train engineer he killed was a war veteran
Two more people are in hospital after the collision, passengers walked away unhurt.
EBRD signs €54 million to keep trains in Ukraine moving through blackouts
Western money pours into a defaulted state operator a day after new sleeper cars rolled into Kyiv.
Ukraine’s railway can’t pay its bondholders—but it can deliver six new sleeper cars
Russia destroys carriages forty times faster than Ukraine builds them.
South Korea’s $8 million bet: Ukraine’s postwar railway will look nothing like the Soviet one
An $8 million Korean grant is funding the blueprint for Ukraine’s break from Soviet-era rails.
Russia hits ports, Kovel railway station overnight, targets Ukraine’s power infrastructure amid severe winter temperatures (MAP)
A locomotive and freight car were damaged in Volyn Oblast, while electricity outages were confirmed in multiple regions.
Power grid targeted as Russia fired 653 drones and 52 missiles in overnight terror attack on Ukraine
In Zaporizhzhia, Russia’s attack destroyed a dormitory and damaged several homes, killing two civilians and injuring 17 others — six of them children. More civilians were injured and killed in other regions.
Ukraine just built a European-gauge railway during the war
Ukraine builds European railway cheaper and faster than peacetime EU projects—despite the war.
Ukraine downs 45 Russian drones overnight—but 26 still strike 14 locations
Russian Shahed drones hit homes, schools, and factories in Sumy and Kryvyi Rih, despite dense air defenses.
Ukraine detains six suspected Russian agents, including teen arsonist
The SBU security service says suspects were recruited via Telegram and ordered to target railway and military infrastructure.