Putin’s logistics derailed: Over 100 Russian supply trains hit by drones, Ukraine says

Modern wars are rarely won by frontline shootouts alone. Behind every trench sits an endless pipeline of fuel, metal, and food keeping heavy machines alive day after day. When that quiet flow breaks down, everything at the front grinds to a sudden halt.

Ukraine has intensified its long-range campaign targeting both Russian energy infrastructure such as oil and gas refineries and Russian ships in the Black Sea, not to mention the thousands of trucks being hunted by drones.

But being the world’s largest country measured in square kilometers, Russia is also using trains to make logistics more efficient — and Ukraine claims to have hit triple digits of those rail convoys.

Choking the rails

Ukraine is focusing its aerial firepower on the freight networks keeping Russian forces moving across occupied territory. According to Ukraine’s 1st National Guard Corps “Azov” on October 28, drone operators have hit more than 100 Russian military supply trains. The update does not provide a timeframe for the operation.

Fresh video released by the unit shows the destruction firsthand. In the footage, remote pilots steer explosive drones straight into locomotives, fuel tankers, and essential track equipment across eastern Ukraine.

The primary goal is simple: starve Moscow’s tanks and trucks of fuel.

These strikes reach well into Russian-controlled territory. Explosive drones have battered key transit junctions in Volnovakha, Debaltseve, Yasynuvata, Yenakiieve, and Dovzhanske, hitting hubs situated far beyond the immediate front lines. Every junction acts as a vital artery, feeding shells, fuel, and fresh armor directly to the front.

The information has not been independently verified.

Outsmarting the guards

Moscow has tried hard to shield its vital transport routes, but the safeguards are slipping. Russian commanders deployed mobile air defense teams and electronic jamming systems along the tracks, yet Azov reported that the counter-measures failed to stop the attacks. Drones keep slipping through.

Technology funded by ordinary citizens has helped make those long-range strikes possible. The Azov corps credited the Come Back Alive Foundation and private donors for supplying 440 Starlink Mini satellite communication terminals, which allow drone crews to keep stable links during deep raids far from their launch sites.

The rail strikes fit into a wider campaign to choke Russia’s weapons supply chains. On October 24 and 25, Ukrainian drones and missiles hit five Russian defense factories producing parts for Iskander missiles and air defense systems.

Without trains rolling in, frontline units run dry fast. It leaves Russian commanders with a growing headache as their logistics crumble under constant aerial watch.

This article is made and published by Jens Asbjørn Bogen, who may have used AI in the preparation