More than 50 trains delayed in Rostov region after drone attack

Railway infrastructure damaged in Rostov Oblast as a result of drone attacks, more than 50 trains suspended. In Kamensk-Shakhtinsky, authorities began examining damage to local residents' homes.

As "Kavkazsky Uzel" reported, last night as a result of drone attacks a person was injured, who was then taken to hospital, and several private homes in Kamensk-Shakhtinsky caught fire. In the Kamensky district, a transformer burned down due to a drone attack, five settlements were left without power, said the acting governor of the Rostov region Yuri Slyusar.

More than 50 long-distance trains delayed

On the Likhaya - Zamchalovo section in the Rostov region, the contact network was damaged "due to falling UAV debris", as a result, train service was suspended, Russian Railways reported today.

A number of suburban trains have been cancelled electric trains

"More than 50 long-distance trains were delayed en route, a number of suburban electric trains were cancelled. After inspecting the infrastructure, railway workers began to restore the operation of the contact network," says the publication posted on the official Telegram channel "Telegram of Russian Railways".

Passengers on delayed trains are provided with water, and if the delay exceeds four hours, with food, the publication emphasizes. "Train crews provide comprehensive assistance and support to passengers. We inform passengers of all changes via SMS," the report says.

A door-to-door inspection has been organized to examine the damage

The drones were shot down not only in Kamensk, but also in Belokalitvinsky and Millerovsky districts, Yuri Slyusar reported updated information.

"The greatest consequences on the ground are in Kamensk and the Kamensky district, where, as previously reported, private houses and outbuildings caught fire due to falling debris. Thanks to quick action, the fire was quickly extinguished. A door-to-door inspection is being carried out to determine the extent of damage and victims. Now firefighters continue to extinguish landscape fires in the Likhovsky microdistrict, as well as in the area of the villages of Volchensky and Svetly," he wrote on his Telegram channel.

The injured woman, the railway employee was taken to the Kamensk-Shakhtinsky Central City Hospital in moderate condition, he noted.

Reversible train traffic has been organized on this section

"At the Likhoy station, freight and passenger trains were de-energized due to a power line break. Reversible train traffic has been organized on this section, which has caused a delay in the schedule. An operational headquarters has been created. Specialists have begun to neutralize the UAV wreckage," the publication says.

Recall that on the night of July 4, in the village of Dolotinka in the Rostov Region, as a result of a drone attack, a floor slab collapsed in a two-story eight-apartment building, killing a pensioner. In Azov, a drone explosion damaged the glass in an apartment building where 120 people live. In total, more than 20 residential buildings and three social facilities were damaged in Rostov Oblast that night.