At Lozova, builders fashion a temporary waiting room inside the shattered hall. The mezzanine where newlyweds took wedding photos is open to sky after a Shahed punched through the roof. Zabiela ordered Christmas decorations amid wreckage for passengers. 11/

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European leaders showing solidarity travel to Kyiv by train from Poland after flights halted in 2022. Trains evacuated refugees at the war's start and still evacuate those imperilled by Russia's advance. "The frontlines are moving," Zabiela says. 10/

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Behind enemy lines, Russia uses Ukraine's railway tracks to supply its forces. Russian armoured trains with heavy machine guns appeared in Donbas in 2014, still operating today — bringing tanks, ammunition, and weapons deep inside Ukraine. 7/

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In September, Ukraine opened its first standard-gauge railway connecting Uzhhorod to Slovakia — its first joint EU infrastructure project. European partners were astounded Ukraine completed the project in 9 months instead of the expected 3 years. "This is how important it is for us."

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Over 1,000 railway workers killed since 2022, 3,000 wounded. Train drivers now wear flak jackets and carry shotguns to shoot at drones overhead. Deputy PM Kuleba stopped asking workers to make the journey to protect drivers from attacks. 6/

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Trains from Lozova used to run all the way to Kramatorsk for evacuations and soldier reunions. As of November, they terminate at Barvinkove, just short of Donetsk. Rail replacement buses still run to Kramatorsk, but the security situation has deteriorated dramatically. 5/

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Russia's railway campaign evolved in three phases: first, attacking border regions around Sumy and Chernihiv to create a "zone of terror." Second, hitting cargo lines to seaports to cripple the economy. Third, targeting supply lines bringing arms and soldiers to the front. 4/

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Lozova station predates the town — built in tsarist times as an intersection connecting western Russia through Sumy and Kharkiv to the Sea of Azov, plus lines to Crimea and Donbas. Russia is targeting these connections to break Ukraine apart. 3/

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