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Ukraine mourns 19-year-old railway worker killed by oncoming train while evacuating passengers

Ilona Vovk, a 19-year-old train carriage attendant, was fatally struck by an oncoming train while evacuating passengers on the Odesa railway line, Ukrainian Railways CEO Oleksandr Pertsovskyi reported on March 22.

22 March, 08:28 PM

Ukraine limits Kyiv–Kharkiv Intercity trains, adds transfers via Poltava

Ukraine’s state railway operator Ukrzaliznytsia has temporarily limited high-speed Intercity service between Kyiv and Kharkiv, the company said on March 18.

18 March, 01:55 PM

Russian drone hits commuter train in Kharkiv Oblast, injuring driver and assistant — photo

Russian forces struck a commuter train with a drone overnight on March 14 in Kharkiv Oblast, injuring the train driver and assistant driver with shrapnel wounds, Deputy Prime Minister for the Restoration of Ukraine Oleksii Kuleba said.

14 March, 11:30 AM

Russian drone strikes Kyiv–Sumy train carrying 200 passengers, escalating rail attacks

Russian forces attacked a Kyiv–Sumy passenger train carrying about 200 people with a drone on March 8, the Sumy Oblast prosecutor’s office told Suspilne. No injuries were reported.

8 March, 11:18 AM

Germany hands over first 13 vehicles to rebuild shattered Ukrainian railways

Germany has handed over the first 13 vehicles from an aid package to Ukrzaliznytsia for the rapid restoration of railway infrastructure damaged in Russian attacks, Ministry of Communities and Territories Development wrote on March 4.

5 March, 11:51 AM

Russia intensifies Shahed strikes on Ukrainian railways to paralyze frontline logistics

Russian forces are intensifying Shahed drone strikes on Ukrainian railways as part of a broader battlefield air interdiction (BAI) campaign, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) wrote on March 4.

5 March, 09:35 AM

Russian drone hits train in Mykolaiv

Russian drone targeted an empty train in Mykolaiv on the morning of March 4, injuring a Ukrzaliznytsia employee, Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister for the Restoration Oleksiy Kuleba reported, sharing photos of the aftermath on his Telegram account.

4 March, 11:05 AM

Ukraine detains railway worker accused of passing army locations to Russia

Ukraine’s Security Service detained a 33-year-old employee of Ukrzaliznytsia in Sloviansk for allegedly passing information on the locations of military equipment and Defense Forces positions to Russian intelligence services, the agency said on Telegram on Feb. 10.

10 February, 03:39 PM

Russian forces strike railway in Sumy Oblast; Ukrzaliznytsia warns of delays

Russian forces attacked railway infrastructure in Ukraine’s Sumy Oblast, prompting possible train delays from Sumy, Ukraine’s state rail operator Ukrzaliznytsia said on Feb. 9.

9 February, 12:10 PM

Russia hits Ukrainian rail infrastructure in Zaporizhzhya Oblast

Russian forces have carried out another drone strike on on the facilities of Ukraine’s railway operator, Ukrzaliznytsia, in Zaporizhzhya Oblast, the Ministry of Development of Communities and Territories reported on Feb. 2, sharing photos of the aftermath on Telegram.

2 February, 10:38 AM

Russian drone threat halts rail service between Dnipro and Zaporizhzhya

Ukrzaliznytsia has suspended rail service between Dnipro and Zaporizhzhya after Russian drones damaged infrastructure and were spotted near active train routes, the state rail operator said on Jan. 30.

30 January, 02:35 PM

Switzerland to finance rail track components for Ukrzaliznytsia

Switzerland’s government will finance more than 29 million euros’ worth of railway track components and power grid equipment for Ukraine’s state rail operator Ukrzaliznytsia, Ukraine’s Ministry for Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development said on Jan. 28.

28 January, 06:12 PM

Fitch downgrades Ukrzaliznytsia and its Eurobonds to C

International ratings agency Fitch Ratings has downgraded the long-term issuer default rating of Ukrainian Railways (Ukrzaliznytsia) and its eurobonds to C, indicating an inevitable default, from CC, citing the suspension of coupon payments on Jan. 20.

20 January, 03:58 PM

Half of Shahed drones targeting Kovel-Kyiv railway drop magnetic mines in snow – expert

About half of the Shahed drones that have attacked the Kovel-Kyiv railway line in recent days are carrying magnetic mines, which they drop into the snow, military expert Serhii ‘Flash’ Beskrestnov reported on Telegram on Jan. 14.

14 January, 07:32 PM

Russia attacks railway in Donetsk Oblast, wounding two Ukrainian rail workers

Russian invaders attacked a railway in Ukraine’s Donetsk region with drones, wounding two Ukrainian Railways employees, the company’s chief executive Oleksandr Pertsovskyi said on Facebook on Jan. 13.

13 January, 05:40 PM

Ukrzaliznytsia stops its train so that mother and child can reach Kyiv hospital

Ukrainian woman Iryna Vlasenko asked Ukrzaliznytsia staff to make an unscheduled stop at Korzhivtsi station so she could travel with her sick daughter to Kyiv’s Okhmatdyt children’s hospital, she wrote on Jan. 11.

13 January, 02:58 PM

Train service resumes in Zaporizhzhya and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts amid blackout

Train service in Zaporizhzhya Oblast has fully resumed following an overnight Russian drone attack, while in neighboring Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, trains are operating with diesel locomotives, Ukraine’s national rail operator Ukrzaliznytsia reported on Telegram on Jan. 8.

8 January, 10:22 AM

Russian drone strike derails freight train

Four Ukrzaliznytsia employees were injured in an overnight Russian drone strike on a locomotive in Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine’s State Emergency Service (SES) reported early on Dec. 22, posting photos from the site of the attack.

22 December 2025, 10:47 AM

Russian drone strike injures civilians, derails freight train in Zhytomyr Oblast

Russian forces targeted critical infrastructure in Zhytomyr Oblast overnight on Dec. 22, injuring several people, regional governor Vitalii Bunechko said.

22 December 2025, 10:11 AM

Russian drones hit Odesa rail hub

Russian forces targeted railway infrastructure in a massive overnight drone attack on Odesa, Ukrzaliznytsia CEO Oleksandr Pertsovskyi reported on Facebook on Dec. 19.

19 December 2025, 10:45 AM

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