Russia targets Ukraine’s rail network as war enters deadly new phase

Six employees killed on Tuesday after Moscow escalates attacks on infrastructure and Ukrainian capital Russia has opened a deadly new phase in its war against Ukraine by deliberately targeting the country’s railway network, with six employees killed on Tuesday in the latest strikes on Kyiv. Ukraine’s state-owned railway company, Ukrzaliznytsia, said its workers died when a ballistic missile plunged into a locomotive depot. The Russians hit other railway facilities, it added, during a massive bombardment of Kyiv and the Kyiv region. At least 12 people died , with a dozen wounded, including three children. “An unbearably difficult night for the entire railway family. Railway staff have been working at the scene since early this morning.

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