Seven passenger trains were delayed due to the fall of UAV debris in the Kuban

As a result of the fall of debris from unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) between the Velichkovka and Angelinskaya stations in the Krasnodar Territory, the movement of seven passenger trains was delayed. This was announced on August 7 by the press service of the North Caucasus Railway (NCRR).

"Today at 05:12, as a result of the fall of UAV debris in the area between the Velichkovka and Angelinskaya stations (Timashevskaya line – 9 km Junction), the voltage in the contact network disappeared," the Telegram channel said.

It is noted that trains in the directions No. 11 Moscow – Anapa, No. 97 Moscow – Simferopol, No. 473 Smolensk – Simferopol, No. 289 Yekaterinburg – Anapa, as well as No. 507 Izhevsk – Novorossiysk, No. 121 St. Petersburg - Novorossiysk, No. 255 Sosnogorsk – Anapa were delayed.

The press service clarified that the delay time for transport is up to three hours.

In addition, the operational headquarters of the Krasnodar Territory reported that two private houses and a car were damaged in the Vyselkovsky district of the region when the wreckage of the drone fell. Currently, there is no information about the victims. Operational service personnel are working at the scene of the incident.

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The Russian Defense Ministry reported earlier this day that over the past night, the air defense forces shot down 82 Ukrainian drones over the regions of Russia, including nine intercepted over the territory of the Krasnodar Territory. The ministry clarified that the attacks were stopped between 23:30 Moscow time on August 6 and 06:10 Moscow time on August 7.

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