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The Russian armoured train Volga (call sign "Breakthrough") is an armoured train currently in use by Russia in its ongoing invasion of Ukraine in 2022. [4] Unlike its sister train Yenisei, which is built primarily for logistics and refugee ferrying, Volga is primarily used for engineering, reconnaissance, mine clearance, restoration of damaged railway tracks, and escorting cargo within the ...
The train is protected by armoured plates of unknown thickness and is designed to transport materials, to restore and demine tracks that are damaged, and for engineering reconnaissance. [6] However, the train also has a ZU-23-2 and a mounted BMP-2 , [ 5 ] and thus is also suspected of being prepared for combat operations.
Armoured train: 1 Russia: Built in 2016 and retrofitted in 2022 for the Russian invasion of Ukraine to serve for front-line logistical and fire support. [300] [302] Volga: Armoured train: 1 Russia: Built in 2022 for the Russian invasion of Ukraine to serve for rear-line anti-mine countermeasure and anti-sabotage operations. [303] [304] [305 ...
An armoured train carrying North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has arrived in Russia, the country’s state news agency reported today. The agency RIA, citing one of its correspondents in Russia’s ...
The Russian armoured train Baikal is an armoured train currently in use by Russia in its ongoing invasion of Ukraine in 2022. [5] Unlike the newer trains Yenisei and Volga, Baikal was already built long before the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Both Baikal and its sister train, Amur were reactivated back in 2016, originally for rear-line ...
The train was halted, with tanker cars ablaze, and army units fired U.S.-supplied HIMARS missiles at the site. "The missiles struck the locomotive and cars at the end of the train.
In a twin blow to Moscow's faltering invasion of its neighbor, Ukrainian forces destroyed a pontoon bridge in the Donbas region and a Russian naval ship was set afire in the Black Sea.
The Russian armoured train Amur is an armoured train currently in use by Russia in its ongoing invasion of Ukraine in 2022. [3] Unlike the newer trains Yenisei and Volga, Amur was already built long before the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Both Amur and its sister train, Baikal, were reactivated back in 2016, originally for rear-line logistical ...