Train traffic near Volgograd suspended due to falling UAV debris

Train traffic on the Kotelnikovo - Kanalnaya section of the Volga Railway has been suspended in the Volgograd Region due to falling debris from an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). This was announced on July 31 by the press service of the Russian Railways (RZD).

They clarified that as a result of the impact on the railway infrastructure, passenger trains No. 532 Adler – Kirov, No. 531 Kirov – Adler, as well as commuter train No. 6212, en route Kotelnikovo – Volgograd-1, were delayed.

"The maximum delay time is more than four hours. There are no casualties. Operational services are working on the spot," the department's Telegram channel says.

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Earlier in the day, Acting Governor of the Rostov region Yuri Slyusar reported that the air defense forces destroyed drones of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) overnight over five districts. He noted that due to the fall of debris from one of the UAVs in the Chertkovsky district, a forest plantation caught fire near the M-4 Don highway.

On the same day, the Governor of the Voronezh Region, Alexander Gusev, announced the elimination of an enemy drone over the region.

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