Ukraine sets the battlefield standards NATO now follows. On the sea, $300k Ukrainian Magura drones sank 14 Russian warships. These strikes proved that small unmanned boats can kill billion-dollar fleets and forced NATO navies to rethink everything, The Times. 1/
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89 of 195 Russian attack drones shot down overnight
89 out of 195 Russian attack drones shot down over Ukraine during the last night.
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Kramatorsk and Slovyansk lose rail service; insecurity cited
Kramatorsk and Slovyansk lost rail service last month. “Most people took the bus. Kramatorsk just isn’t safe anymore.” 8X
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Ukrzaliznytsia adjusts schedules, cuts risky routes, adds carriages
Ukrzaliznytsia rewrites schedules, cuts risky routes and adds carriages in Sumy and other border regions. It pulls trains out of “overnight stays” in exposed towns to save crews and engines. 7/
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Rail crews use alarm kits, one guard killed in drone strike
Rail crews now carry alarm kits so they can work through sirens and only run for shelter when a direct missile warning arrives. One guard still died this month in a drone strike. 6/
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Russian advances push Ukraine to shut all civilian rail to Donetsk
Russian advances pushed Ukraine to shut all civilian rail to Donetsk in late October, the first full cutoff since 2014. Every month the terminus point moves farther west. 3/
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Russia strikes substations and depots to break rail links
Russia now tries to break rail links step by step. It hits substation after substation, then fires on locomotive depots, aiming to block both electric and diesel trains. 4/
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Sleeper trains stranded in fields for hours after drone attack cuts power
Sleeper trains from frontline towns now sit in fields for 2–6 hours after drones cut power. On the Husarivka–Kyiv line, a night attack killed the current and the train waited in the dark until a diesel engine arrived. 2/
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Russia hits Ukraine’s railways daily; Ukrzaliznytsia keeps moving despite 400+ strikes.
Russia hits Ukraine’s railways almost daily and Ukrzaliznytsia [the state rail operator] still keeps the country moving. Since August, Russia has launched 400+ strikes on stations, depots and power lines — nearly double last year, FT. 1/
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Russian attacks kill 1, injure 13 with 104 drones and missile
At least 1 killed, 13 injured in Russian attacks on Ukraine over past day. Russian troops launched one ballistic missile and 104 Shahed-type drones at Ukraine overnight, the Air Force reported on Nov. 22.