{"id":8377,"date":"2025-10-04T17:24:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T17:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/ukraine-says-russia-intensifying-railway-strikes-to-cut-off-civilians-near-front\/"},"modified":"2025-10-04T17:24:01","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T17:24:01","slug":"ukraine-says-russia-intensifying-railway-strikes-to-cut-off-civilians-near-front","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/ukraine-says-russia-intensifying-railway-strikes-to-cut-off-civilians-near-front\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine says Russia intensifying railway strikes to cut off civilians near front"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This photograph shows a burning train carriage following a drone attack in Shostka, Sumy region, Ukraine, October 4, 2025. — AFP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

The head of Ukraine’s railways said on Saturday that Russia was intensifying a campaign of air strikes on the network in an attempt to isolate frontline communities ahead of winter.<\/p>\n

Ukrainian Railways CEO Oleksandr Pertsovsky also warned that Russian drone strikes were becoming more precise, complicating Kyiv’s ability to fend off incoming attacks.<\/p>\n

Russia launched drones at two passenger trains in Ukraine’s northeastern Sumy region on Saturday, killing one person and wounding dozens, according to Ukrainian officials.<\/p>\n

“We clearly see the intensification of enemy attacks on the railway infrastructure,” Pertsovsky told reporters, including AFP<\/em>.<\/p>\n

“There is no military purpose whatsoever,” he said.<\/p>\n

“The only purpose is to sow panic among people… that the connection will be destroyed and people will be left alone,” he added.<\/p>\n

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Speaking via video call while on a train to Shostka, the station that was hit, he said there had been “40 major attacks” on railway infrastructure since August, “pretty much every other day”.<\/p>\n

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called Saturday’s attack, which occurred around 50 kilometres (30 miles) from the Russian border, “savage”.<\/p>\n

He posted a video showing a mangled train carriage engulfed in flames with twisted metal and busted windows.<\/p>\n

“The Russians could not have been unaware that they were striking civilians,” he said.<\/p>\n

Russia’s army has repeatedly targeted Ukraine’s railways since invading in February 2022.<\/p>\n

Pertsovsky said there had not been a single week of the war without this occurring.<\/p>\n

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In April 2022, more than 60 people waiting to evacuate the frontline city of Kramatorsk were killed when a Russian missile crashed into the busy station there.<\/p>\n

Pertsovsky expressed particular concern about Russian weapons becoming more precise, saying that without effective air defence, “it’s unfortunately very easy to imagine that a similar attack could bring way, way worse results”.<\/p>\n

“They have very precise Shaheds (Iranian-designed drones) that are targeting individual locomotives; they are able also to target energy infrastructure very effectively, making many of the tools that were used for protection ineffective at the moment,” he said.<\/p>\n

Russia has also stepped up its attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure as the weather chills.<\/p>\n

Moscow earlier this week launched its largest-ever strike on Ukraine’s gas infrastructure, while strikes on Saturday cut off power to some 50,000 households in the northern Chernigiv region.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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This photograph shows a burning train carriage following a drone attack in Shostka, Sumy region, Ukraine, October 4, 2025. — AFP The head of Ukraine’s railways said on Saturday that Russia was intensifying a campaign of air strikes on the network in an attempt to isolate frontline communities ahead of winter. Ukrainian Railways CEO Oleksandr…<\/p>\n

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