MOSCOW, November 13. /TASS/. Ukrainian Railways (Ukrzaliznytsia) has lost nearly 400 locomotives since the beginning of this year alone, Ukraine’s Minister of Recovery, Infrastructure, and Transport Nikolay Kalashnik reported.
"Since the beginning of 2022, Ukraine has lost 630 locomotives, nearly 400 of them this year," he said at a government question hour in the Verkhovna Rada (parliament).
The minister believes that losses of locomotives, rolling stock, and railway infrastructure will only increase in the future. "This month alone, 15 cases of damage to rolling stock have already been recorded," he added.
Earlier, Kalashnik stated that between 37 and 40 locomotives are knocked out of service each month in Ukraine, a significant portion of which cannot be repaired.
On November 13, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that Russian troops had carried out two massive strikes and 12 group strikes against targets in Ukraine over the past week. Among the targets hit were defense industry enterprises, logistics centers, and energy and transport infrastructure facilities.