Russian troops target Ukrainian railways in night attack

During the night of September 2, the Russian army launched an attack on the infrastructure and rail transport of the Ukrainian Railways ("Ukrzaliznytsia") in the Sumy and Dnipropetrovsk regions.

Ukrzaliznytsia reported that.

No one was hurt in these shelling attacks. However, on September 2 in the evening, the house of a Ukrzaliznytsia worker – a locomotive depot driver – was hit by Russian artillery shelling in Pokrovsk.

^{Photo: Ukrzaliznytsia}

"The railway workers are currently organizing the evacuation of the civilian population and are facing constant enemy attacks from this city. A railway worker and his wife, who works for the primary trade union, were injured and have been taken to the hospital," Ukrzaliznytsia reported.

According to Ukrzaliznytsia, the occupiers launched a deliberate attack on the railway during the night. Despite this, there have been no cancellations of passenger trains, and service continues as usual.

"Not a single passenger flight has been canceled; we keep going," the press service added.

It is worth mentioning that this is not the first attack on Ukrzaliznytsia.

For reference:

On the night of August 1, enemy troops launched a rocket attack on one of the railway stations of the Kharkiv region.

Additionally, the Russian troops launched an attack on the railway infrastructure in the Kharkiv region on the evening of May 24. This marked the second assault within a single day.

According to reports, the Russian troops attacked the civilian railway infrastructure in the Kharkiv region on May 23. It has been confirmed that six railway workers were injured.

Moreover, on May 19 in Kharkiv, as a result of Russian shelling, the rolling stock and buildings of the children's railway were damaged

According to the Air Force of Ukraine, on the night of September 3, Russian troops attacked Ukraine with three Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles, a Kh-59/69 guided air missile, and 35 Shahed 131/136 attack drones.

On the night of September 3, an air raid alert was announced in Kyiv and several eastern and central regions.

Air defense worked in Kyiv, Odesa, Kharkiv, Mykolaiv, Kherson, Poltava, Chernihiv and Sumy regions.

A few hostile drones were taken down above Chernihiv. Two individuals sustained minor injuries, but they didn't seek medical attention.

"For security reasons, we do not disclose the landing sites of neutralized drones," Oleksandr Lomako, acting mayor of Chernihiv, wrote on Telegram.

He says that all the critical infrastructure facilities responsible for keeping the city functioning are working properly.

Air defense forces destroyed 27 Russian attack drones of the Shahed-131/136 type.