'We are the second army': How Ukraine keeps its trains running under threat of attack

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'We are the second army': How Ukraine keeps its trains running under threat of attack
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Ukraine's railway system has evacuated four million people since the start of the war. It has been a critical lifeline, transporting emergency supplies and aid - a backbone for a country at war

Instead of a steady stream of shouty train announcements, the platforms where thousands of evacuated Ukrainian women and children passed through now permeate with the sound of pop tunes.

In April, a Russian missile fired into the eastern station of Kramatorsk killed 60 people and wounded more than 110. It is still one of the deadliest air strikes in the war so far. The missile left on the grounds of the station was emblazoned with a dark message -"for the children".How faster, deadlier tanks could turn the tide in the Ukraine war

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