Fear and disruption for Ukraine's rail passengers as Russia escalates drone attacks
Ukrainian rail services are facing increased disruption as Russian drone attacks target locomotives and infrastructure. The state-owned operator reports a significant rise in emergency evacuations and delays for passengers across the country.
Why it matters
The targeting of civilian rail infrastructure highlights the escalating impact of the war on daily life and logistics in Ukraine, complicating humanitarian and civilian movement.
Image source, EPA/Shutterstock Image caption, Russian drones started to attack Ukrainian passenger trains at the end of last year
Ukraine's railways have kept the country running since Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022. But attacks are intensifying, with more than half of all strikes on locomotives since then occurring this year alone, according to the state-owned operator.
Yuliia Ponomarenko, 27, a marketing specialist from Kharkiv, found her journey to Warsaw last month suddenly interrupted just short of the Ukraine-Poland frontier.
"The border guards started running around and shouting "Run! Get out of the carriages! There's shelling!"
A Russian drone had just hit a locomotive near the same border , and a special train carrying former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and other European dignitaries, had passed through minutes before.
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