Ukrainian Railways
Ukrainian Railways (Ukrainian: Укрзалізниця, Ukrzaliznytsia) is the state-owned national railway company of Ukraine, operating the country's rail network and providing passenger and freight services. It reports to the Ministry for Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development of Ukraine. The company is led by chairman Oleksandr Pertsovskyi.
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Russia hits Kyiv energy grid with 39 ballistic missiles and 128 drones, knocking out power for 600,000
Russia launched a massive combined strike on Ukraine overnight on 13–14 October, using 39 ballistic missiles and 128 strike drones against energy and critical infrastructure in Kyiv, Kyiv Oblast and Kharkiv. President Zelensky said at least 600,000 people were left without electricity and that the main target of the Kyiv attack was the TEC-4 combined heat and power plant, which sustained direct hits. Three people were killed in Kyiv, more than 20 were injured, and the attack came days after U.S. President Donald Trump announced an "energy ceasefire" between Russia and Ukraine.
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Russian drone strike hits commuter train in Kharkiv Oblast, killing one
On 18 September, Russian forces struck a suburban electric train near the Lypkuvativka platform in the Novovodolazka hromada of Kharkiv Oblast with a Geran-4 jet drone. One person was killed and several others injured, even though Ukrzaliznytsia's monitoring group had detected the threat and ordered an evacuation before impact.
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Zelensky's Staff meeting focuses on protecting rail and energy infrastructure from Russian strikes
President Volodymyr Zelensky held a meeting of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief's Staff centered on contracts for protection systems for critical infrastructure and logistics. The meeting addressed the needs of Ukrzaliznytsia, gas station networks, and other priority targets for Russian strikes, approved a significant strengthening of electronic warfare capabilities, and tasked the Ministry of Finance with securing additional resources for logistics.
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Ukraine tests new interceptor against Russian jet-powered Shahed drones, Zelensky says
President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on September 15 that Ukraine had successfully tested a new interceptor drone designed to shoot down Russian jet-powered Shahed-type drones, following a briefing from Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Mykhailo Drapatyi. During the test the interceptor hit a Russian Shahed, though Zelensky said some aspects of the interceptor's control still need refinement. The announcement came alongside discussions of long-range strikes on Russia's oil infrastructure and Ukrainian de-escalation conditions.
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Russian drones strike Kyiv-Warsaw train and infrastructure near Polish border, prompting Polish emergency meeting
On the morning of September 13, 2026, Russian drones struck infrastructure near the Yahodyn-Dorohusk international border crossing on the Ukraine-Poland border in Volyn Oblast, damaging a gas station, hitting a truck on the Polish side, and striking the locomotive of a Kyiv-Warsaw passenger train about two kilometers from the Polish border. Poland scrambled fighter jets, issued air alerts in Lublin and Podkarpackie voivodeships, and Prime Minister Donald Tusk convened an emergency meeting at the Government Centre for Security, warning that Russian escalation could reach Polish territory in the coming weeks. No passengers or railway workers were injured in the locomotive strike after a Ukrzaliznytsia monitoring group warned the crew in advance and gave an evacuation signal roughly 15 minutes before impact.
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Trump urges Zelensky to halt strikes on Russian diesel infrastructure, blames them for global shortage
On 13 September 2026, visiting his Doonbeg golf club during the Irish Open in County Clare, Ireland, US President Donald Trump called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to stop striking Russian diesel fuel infrastructure, saying those attacks are causing a global diesel shortage. Trump said the deficit stems from the Russia–Ukraine war and not from US actions in the Middle East, and noted he had already discussed the issue with Zelensky. Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski publicly disagreed, and a senior European official briefed on US-mediated talks called the reasoning "absurd."