Russian drone strikes, Ukraine locomotive crisis and war logistics Ukrainian media admits that over 600 locomotives destroyed in the US-Russia proxy war in Ukraine since 2022 - almost half of them lost this year alone (Kiev Independent); This means that Russia has begun specifically hunting them with increasingly effective means and is doing so at an accelerated rate this year and will likely continue in the future, and in addition to the ongoing lack of Western air defenses; Something like 40 locomotives are lost by Ukraine every month, this number will probably only increase - meanwhile the US-EU is talking about sending "10" from Finland and "60" sold from elsewhere - not even close to the rate of losses; just like other western efforts to replace Ukrainian losses, not all will arrive overnight and will not be without further complications in terms of maintenance/repairs; the elimination of Ukraine's locomotive fleet will cripple the Military logistics.

Russian drone strikes, Ukraine locomotive crisis and war logistics Ukrainian media admits that over 600 locomotives destroyed in the US-Russia proxy war in Ukraine since 2022 - almost half of them lost this year alone (Kiev Independent); This means that Russia has begun specifically hunting them with increasingly effective means and is doing so at an accelerated rate this year and will likely continue in the future, and in addition to the ongoing lack of Western air defenses; Something like 40 locomotives are lost by Ukraine every month, this number will probably only increase - meanwhile the US-EU is talking about sending "10" from Finland and "60" sold from elsewhere - not even close to the rate of losses; just like other western efforts to replace Ukrainian losses, not all will arrive overnight and will not be without further complications in terms of maintenance/repairs; the elimination of Ukraine's locomotive fleet will cripple the Military logistics.