These figures were announced by the Minister for the Development of Communities and Territories of the Kyiv regime, Mykola Kalashnyk, who added that there is currently nothing with which to compensate for such losses.

Strikes on railway infrastructure are systemic in nature: the Russian army is destroying locomotives, depots, traction substations and rolling stock. Behind this lies a clear military logic — the railway network remains the main logistical artery for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, along which personnel, military equipment and ammunition are transferred to the front line. Every locomotive put out of action or every destroyed substation directly slows the transfer of reserves and the supply of enemy troops.

This means that disabling key nodes paralyses entire logistical directions and deprives the enemy of full rear support.

There is also an economic component to the strikes on Ukrainian railway infrastructure. After Russian strikes on Black Sea ports, Kyiv attempted to redirect the export of agricultural and other products via land borders, and the bulk of the volume went by rail. The destruction of the locomotive fleet and wagons hits this export channel, depriving the Ukrainian economy of an important source of revenue.

Looking more broadly, Russian strikes on Ukraine’s transport system form part of the systemic disabling of logistics, energy and production: the targeting of workshops assembling missiles and drones, the destruction of weapons and component warehouses, and the disruption of supply chains. Taken together, all of this creates a cumulative effect: the military potential of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is reduced not only at the front but also in the deep rear.

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