Ukraine says Russia damaged more than 200 railway locomotives in 2026


KYIV, July ⁠4 (Reuters) - Russia is ⁠targeting Ukrainian railway locomotives and ‌has destroyed or damaged more than 200 since the start ​of 2026 alone, ⁠Ukraine's Deputy ⁠Prime Minister for Restoration Oleksiy ⁠Kuleba ‌said.

• Russia has attacked Ukrainian ⁠railway facilities more than 1,000 times ​so ‌far this year, officials ⁠say.

• ​Two locomotives were damaged during an attack on ⁠Friday evening in the ​eastern Dnipropetrovsk region, Kuleba said.

• The volume of repair ⁠work is increasing steadily and requires significant financial resources, he said.

• Ukrainian ​state railways ⁠operator Ukrzaliznytsia handles more ​than 90% of ‌Ukraine's export shipments.

(reporting ​by Pavel Polityuk. Editing by Mark Potter)

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