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Shakhda Against Ukrainian Logistics: The Russian Federation has increased railway strokes (video)

To spread: Russia launched a campaign of strikes on the railway trains of Ukraine, striking on the rear trains in order to sow panic, undermine the economy and break logistics, Ukrainian officials say. The last registered incident occurred on Wednesday near Bobrovitsa, Chernihiv region, about 160 km from the Russian border. The train was likely to be amazed by Shahaned drone, equipped with a night vision camera, writers of The War Zone writes.

The video records from the place show how the shock drones are first affected by the locomotive, then the wagons; However, there is no independent verification of these personnel yet, and the exact model of UAVs used remains questionable. Meanwhile, the analysts of "militaristic" and some other sources indicate the use of "Shahaned".

If this is confirmed, Western experts emphasized, a qualitative step forward for this type of drones, since standard Shahd drones are usually focused on the defeat of inpatient purposes and not equipped with the "Hitl) system for moving objects. Railway attacks are systemic, analysts say: since the summer, the Russian campaign has intensified. According to the head of JSC "Ukrzaliznytsya" Alexander Pertsovsky, a wave of strikes of drones of long -range action struck dozens of railway substations.

It connects this with a sharp increase in the production of shock drones in Russia. "Previously, they simply did not have sufficient resources for one combat drone, such as Shahaned", could track the locomotive. Now they can afford to use "Shahda" to defeat individual locomotives, not strategic purposes, "Pertsovsky said. Experts emphasize that the railway remains a key logistics resource for Ukraine.

Due to the restriction on airline, a significant proportion of international cargo passes is rails, and infrastructure is used to supply the front and domestic economy. And the violation of the railway network in times increases the load on repair services, provokes disruptions in deliveries and puts direct pressure on the population. We will remind, on October 2 the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation during a massive shelling of Odessa damaged the depot "Ukrzaliznytsya".