{"id":271599,"date":"2025-08-23T10:19:21","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T00:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=271599"},"modified":"2026-02-10T12:07:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T02:07:29","slug":"ukrainian-drone-strikes-blow-up-russian-fuel-train-cutting-single-rail-line-to-crimea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=271599","title":{"rendered":"Ukrainian Drone Strikes Blow Up\u00a0Russian Fuel Train, Cutting Single Rail Line to\u00a0Crimea"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ukrainian defense forces have destroyed a&nbsp;Russian freight train carrying fuel tanks in&nbsp;the occupied part of&nbsp;Zaporizhzhia region, disrupting railway connections used for supplying Russian troops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to&nbsp;activist Petro Andriushchenko, the incident&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/andriyshTime\/42137?single\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">occurred<\/a>&nbsp;between Urozhayne and Tokmak. Following the initial strike, the train derailed and was further targeted with additional aerial systems.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Ataques a trenes rusos.<br>&#8211; &quot;Ronin&quot;de la 65\u00aa Brigada\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 atacando un tren ruso en la zona de Molochansk-Tokmak (<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/I6qRQmcV1l\">https:\/\/t.co\/I6qRQmcV1l<\/a>)<br>&#8211; En otro canal (<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iIf4FkWlKF\">https:\/\/t.co\/iIf4FkWlKF<\/a>) hay unas fotos (2,3) de un tren ardiendo en Zaporiyia, pero no es el mismo, el segundo tiene cisternas de\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1Jpb7j9guI\">pic.twitter.com\/1Jpb7j9guI<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Manu (@PuenteUribarri) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PuenteUribarri\/status\/1957740136864612638?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 19, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Battalion of&nbsp;Unmanned Systems of&nbsp;the 65th Mechanized Brigade&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/Ronins_65\/632\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">released<\/a>&nbsp;video evidence showing FPV drones striking the moving train, suggesting this was the method used to&nbsp;stop and disable it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Images published after the strike show burning fuel tanks and significant fire damage that paralysed the railway line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The attack took place less than 30&nbsp;kilometers from the front line, within the range of&nbsp;modern strike drones.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The railway in&nbsp;this area is&nbsp;a&nbsp;single-track line that connects Russia with occupied Crimea. Until repairs are completed, this route cannot be&nbsp;used, forcing Russian logistics to&nbsp;rely on&nbsp;road transport or&nbsp;the Kerch Bridge.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image_2025-08-23_102023534-1024x577.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-271603\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image_2025-08-23_102023534-1024x577.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image_2025-08-23_102023534-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image_2025-08-23_102023534-768x433.png 768w, https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image_2025-08-23_102023534.png 1058w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Russia Turns to&nbsp;Armored Trains in&nbsp;Ukraine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The scale of&nbsp;the damage and the resulting fire complicate recovery efforts. While repair of&nbsp;tracks alone may take about a&nbsp;day, the destruction of&nbsp;fuel tanks is&nbsp;expected to&nbsp;delay restoration for longer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier, Ukraine\u2019s Air Force&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/united24media.com\/latest-news\/ukrainian-air-force-destroys-russian-bridges-and-pontoon-crossings-in-kursk-region-10822\">struck<\/a>&nbsp;Russian bridges and pontoon crossings near Zvanoe in&nbsp;the Kursk region, using US-supplied JDAM-ER and GBU-39 bombs. The attacks disrupted routes used to&nbsp;move military equipment, forcing Russia to&nbsp;divert resources to&nbsp;restore logistics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Images published after the strike show burning fuel tanks and significant fire damage that paralysed the railway line.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":271600,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6719,47,309,341],"tags":[17864,17863],"class_list":["post-271599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crimea","category-rail-news","category-russia","category-ukraine","tag-drone-strike","tag-ukraine-war"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=271599"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271599\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":271604,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271599\/revisions\/271604"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/271600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=271599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=271599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=271599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}