“Ukrzaliznytsia”: the train Barvinkovo ​​- Lviv continued to move after the attack of Russian drones

“Ukrzaliznytsia” reported after 11:00 p.m. on January 27 that the passenger train that was hit by Russian drones in the Kharkiv region continued to move after a delay of many hours.

“All our thoughts are with the dead. They also visited two injured passengers – their condition is stable, transportation to Kharkiv is planned. The 10 surviving carriages of train #47/103 Barvinkovo ​​– Lviv, Chop have already resumed movement and are carrying 147 passengers of the return flight to safety. The train also took a civilian evacuation group from Lozova. The flight is delayed for about five hours, but we will catch up, and our friends from World Central Kitchen are already preparing meals in Poltava,” the carrier informs.

The railwaymen also thanked “all rescuers, doctors and police officers, concerned passengers who helped the train crew and other passengers at the scene of the tragedy.”

Earlier, the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office reported that five people were killed as a result of an attack by Russian drones on a passenger train.

According to the investigation, on January 27, near the village of Yazykove of the Izyum district, Russian troops attacked a passenger train on the Chop – Kharkiv – Barvinkove line, there were two hits near the train, one more hit the carriage. A fire broke out.

The prosecutor’s office notes that more than 155 passengers were on the train.

According to preliminary data, the Russian army used three attack drones of the Geran-2 type for the strike.

The forces of the Russian Federation regularly attack the infrastructure of Ukrzaliznytsia, there were also hits on trains, in particular passenger ones.

The Russian military regularly attacks Ukrainian regions with various types of weapons – attack UAVs, rockets, anti-aircraft missiles, and anti-aircraft missiles.

The leadership of Russia denies that the Russian army during a full-scale war inflicts targeted strikes on the civilian infrastructure of the cities and villages of Ukraine, killing the civilian population and destroying hospitals, schools, kindergartens, energy and water supply facilities.

The Ukrainian authorities and international organizations qualify these strikes as war crimes of the Russian Federation and emphasize that they are purposeful in nature.