Since early August, the Russian occupiers have launched nearly 300 attacks on Ukrainian Railways infrastructure
Since the beginning of August 2025, the Russian army has launched about 300 strikes on Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian railway) facilities. On average, Ukrzaliznytsia manages to restore infrastructure after attacks in about four hours and resumes movement on the same day, according to Oleksii Kuleba, Deputy Prime Minister for Restoration and Minister of Communities, Territories, and Infrastructure Development.
“Thanks to the railway workers, trains continue running even after massive nighttime shelling. Where tracks or stations are damaged, combined routes — including both train and bus services — are operating. This is how we maintain connections and the ability for people to reach safe places,” the official said.
Kuleba awarded and thanked Ukrzaliznytsia workers who ensure the daily movement of trains despite Russian attacks. He added that since the onset of the full-scale invasion, Russians wounded 221 railway workers and killed 37 others while they were performing their duties.
By way of background, on October 4, Russian forces struck the railway station in the city of Shostka, the Sumy Oblast, twice during a civilian evacuation. The attack wounded about 30 civilians, including three children, and killed a 71-year-old man. One Ukrzaliznytsia worker was among the injured.
Previously, the Main Directorate of Intelligence (DIU) of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine published data on 145 enterprises belonging to or managed by the Russian state corporation Rostec’s Technodinamika holding on the War&Sanctions portal.
According to Ukrainian intelligence, 86 of these enterprises remain unsanctioned by countries in the sanctions coalition.
The DIU noted that Technodinamika Holding plays a key role in the production of barrelled and rocket artillery systems, ammunition, gunpowder, and explosives for military purposes. In addition, its enterprises manufacture unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), long-range cruise missile launchers, armor plates, personal protective equipment, and develop training simulators for military aviation, parachute systems, and aircraft engines. These enterprises also perform the repair and life extension of Tu-95MS and Tu-160 strategic bombers, the DIU stated.
Meanwhile, Dmitry Medvedev, former Russian president and Deputy Chairman of the Security Council, has responded to remarks by US President Donald Trump regarding his readiness to supply Ukraine with Tomahawk cruise missiles if Russia does not end the war it unleashed, claiming that Russia could use nuclear weapons “in response to aggression.”
