Pro-Ukrainian partisans sabotaged a Russian train near Likhovskaya railway station in Rostov Oblast, destroying a locomotive used to supply Russian forces in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
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Atesh agents destroyed locomotive near Likhovskaya railway station
The locomotive was destroyed and is beyond repair, blocking train traffic along the section and disrupting supply lines to Russian units on the front line
Direct financial loss exceeded $150,000
Russian Railways is facing a shortage of operational diesel locomotives and repair capacity is nearly exhausted
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