Russian attacks on rail system fail to paralyze 'lifeline of Ukraine'

FILE PHOTO: A view shows a railway bridge over the Irpin river destroyed by heavy shelling, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in the town of Irpin, in Kyiv region, Ukraine March 29, 2022. Picture taken March 29, 2022. REUTERS/Serhii Mykhalchuk

FASTIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - A salvo of missiles brought the Kremlin’s war on Ukraine to Fastiv, a quiet town abounding with flowering cherry trees and set in sweeping farmland hundreds of kilometres from the front lines.

The strike on April 28, which injured two people, hit an electrical substation that feeds power to a confluence of railway lines that forms a key hub of networks linking central Europe, Russia, and Asia.