Russia carried out massive nighttime attacks on railways; company reports significant damage

Depots, stations, and railway terminals were hit.

During Russia’s combined attack on Ukraine on the night of 14 October, a number of Ukrzaliznytsia facilities were struck, including locomotive and car depots, repair enterprises, stations, and terminals, the company’s chairman Oleksandr Peretsovsky reported in the morning.

According to him, railway infrastructure was hit in Kharkiv, Kyiv, Vinnytsia, Khmelnytskyi, and Ternopil regions.

“It knocked out power; our specialists immediately restored it, and oversized loads blocked key directions — we organized alternatives and ensured passage,” he wrote.

The main point, the head of Ukrzaliznytsia said, was that everyone had received warnings in advance, evacuated, and the night passed with no injured or dead.

At the same time, the company’s material losses are very significant.

“The capital hub was halted by a ballistic threat; currently — trains that had been held for safety reasons are departing one after another. Great honor and respect to every railway worker who keeps traffic running under these conditions,” Peretsovsky noted.

As of 9:50 across Ukraine, dozens of trains are delayed after the nighttime attack. The longest delay is for the Kharkiv–Chełm train — almost ten hours. Trains on the Kharkiv–Rakhiv and Lviv–Kharkiv routes are delayed by more than six hours. Overall, there are delays in all directions and across all railway directorates.