Russia has moved an armored military train into Ukraine from Crimea, video shows
https://edition.cnn.com/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-putin-news-03-08-22/h_c1f517af308fdb069b3c511dc9d988f5A nine-car long armored Russian military train has been moved into Ukraine's Kherson region from Crimea, according to a video posted on social media.
CNN has geolocated, and verified the authenticity of the video. It was first posted online by Ukrainian journalist Yuriy Butusov on Monday, but incorrectly located.
An eyewitness took video of the train as it was passing through Novooleksiivka, Ukraine. The small town of Novooleksiivka is roughly 20 miles northeast from Russia-annexed Crimea and 55 miles southwest of Melitopol, Ukraine, which is currently under Russian military occupation.
The video shows that the train the letter "Z" has been painted on some of the cars has at least two apparent gunner cars.
The train is made up of two flatbed cars, one of which appears to be carrying a shrouded military vehicle and one other car.
In the video, a woman is heard yelling profanities at the Russian troops, in addition to, "Glory to Ukraine."
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/44620/a-russian-armored-train-has-joined-the-invasion-of-ukraine
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gab13by13
(20,862 posts)just by rigging the rails.
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gab13by13
(20,862 posts)but back before I was born, 2 of my uncles wedged something between a rail and derailed a train. No one hurt or anything. I don't know if their story was true or not but I do know that a train did derail across from my grandpa's house. This would be back in the late 40's.
Eko
(7,170 posts)From what I have been able to find out is that russia made most of the railways in Ukraine and they are the correct size for the russian trains and cars. I also looked to see where they have made progress in Ukraine and there are major train lines along pretty much every route. I think that is how they are going to resupply. It takes time and is slow, but it can bring up a lot of supplies. russia is planning to make this a long engagement I think.
Tbear
(480 posts)I havent heard any of the talking heads on CNN or MSNBC say this. When the news is on I try to listen when the retired military speak. Did I miss it?
I wonder what Col. Vindman would say
Eko
(7,170 posts)"Additionally, rail deliveries into Ukraine are now helping Russia sustain its forces with bulk supplies."
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/russia-crisis-military-assessment-how-will-russia-stage-the-battle-of-kyiv/
Cheezoholic
(1,967 posts)Most of the 15 nuke plants in Ukraine have a rail head on premise or in very close proximity
RockRaven
(14,782 posts)I doubt the Russians are prepared to do tons of track repair. And if/when they do engage in it, while they are working their engineers/repair guys are sitting ducks for drones, artillery, assault forces. Which means some other forces must be tied up defending them and are also not moving.
PortTack
(32,606 posts)Vogon_Glory
(9,084 posts)Back during World War II, but the diesel locomotives and the passenger cars look much newer. The locomotives dont look armored; neither do the passenger cars.
Tbear
(480 posts)During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Ukrainian Railways continued operating to evacuate and rescue millions of people from cities towards Europe. The rail links between Ukraine and Russia have been blown up by the Armed Forces of Ukraine to prevent their use by Russians, but the railways have continued operating within Ukraine and between Ukraine and Poland, Hungary, and Slovakia. One long-abandoned cross-border rail link with Poland was quickly reconstructed, and others which had been used only for freight have been quickly opened for passenger use.[6]
Did they miss a line or ?
Tbear
(480 posts)Article credit to Mark Champion of Bloomberg.
Russia has trucks to move supplies 90 miles from a railway switchpoint. They need to control key cities to control the swithpoints.
Ukraine unlike Western Europe uses the same railway gauge as Russia. This infrastructure, however, cannot be used to bring in supplies until troops control the towns there, especially key junctions such as Kharkiv, Sumy and Chernihiv in the north, or Kherson, Mykolaiv and Zaporizhzhia to the south.
BidenRocks
(813 posts)For some reason I was reminded of this funny comercial.