Oleksandr Pertsovskyi, CEO of the state railway company, speaks during an interview with Reuters, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine September 19, 2025. REUTERS/Sergiy Voloshin
KYIV (Reuters) -Russia has unleashed a massive wave of attacks on Ukraine's railways since the summer, using new tactics to hit key nodes with long-range drones, but the network is holding up for now, the CEO of the state railway company told Reuters.
"Their first aim is to sow panic among passengers, their second aim is to hit the overall economy," Oleksandr Pertsovskyi said in an interview held in a rail carriage at Kyiv's central station.
