You leave today, and tomorrow you may not come back.” The conditions trains operate in ...

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“You leave today, and tomorrow you may not come back.” The conditions trains operate in Bryansk Oblast

Since the start of the full-scale war, Russian train drivers have been killed in drone attacks, employees have quit or refused to go out for shifts, dangerous sections have been closed, and trains have stopped reaching some routes.

💬 “There are promises that everything will be fine, don’t worry. But everyone only has one life,” says a Vot Tak source who continues to work on the railway.

For those who stay, bulletproof vests and portable detectors for spotting drones become part of the uniform, while protected diesel locomotives become the workplace.

➡️ Read how the war has changed the work of railway workers and the lives of passengers in Russia’s border regions on the website or here without a VPN.

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