Over 70 trains delayed due to drone crash in Rostov region

75 passenger trains are delayed due to an incident on the Likhaya-Zamchalovo section, where a nighttime UAV attack caused debris to fall and damage the overhead contact network.

As "Kavkazsky Uzel" reported, the railway overhead contact network was damaged today on the Likhaya-Zamchalovo section in the Rostov Region as a result of a drone attack. The movement of more than 50 long-distance trains has been suspended, and a number of commuter trains have been cancelled. The movement on this section has been restored. Russian Railways reported that food and water were distributed to passengers delayed due to damage to the overhead contact network of trains in the Rostov Region. Some trains stopped in a field, passengers are not provided with water or dry rations, Telegram channel users complained.

75 Russian Railways passenger trains are delayed due to an incident on the Likhaya-Zamchalovo section, where a nighttime drone attack caused debris to fall and damage the contact network, Russian Railways reported in its Telegram channel, listing the numbers and route of the trains.

As of 20:00 Moscow time, ten passenger trains are delayed in the direction of Crimea, and 11 trains from the peninsula, the Grand Service Express company reported.

We remind you that last night, as a result of a drone attack, a railway employee was injured and taken to the hospital. Several private houses in Kamensk-Shakhtinsky also caught fire. In the Kamensky district, a transformer burned down due to a drone attack, leaving five settlements without power, said the acting governor of the Rostov region, Yuri Slyusar.

According to the Ministry of Defense, during the night in the Rostov region, the military shot down 24 drones launched from Ukraine.