Drone attack sparks fire at railway station in Russia’s Volgograd region
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Mon, 04 Aug 2025 10:14:00 +0300

The Telegram channel ASTRA reported this.Volgograd Region Governor Andriy Bocharov reported that last night “the Russian Ministry of Defense’s air defense forces repelled a massive drone attack on transport and energy facilities in the Volgograd region.”“In Frolovo, firefighters are extinguishing a fire at a technical building of the Archeda station. Windows were shattered in two nearby residential buildings. The passenger infrastructure of the railway station was not damaged. To eliminate an unexploded drone located on the railway tracks, train movement near the Archeda station in the Frolovo district has been temporarily restricted, and sappers are working. No damage to the tracks has been recorded,” Bocharov stated.According to him, a high-voltage cable was damaged in the Ilovlinsky district, causing power outages in the settlement of Ilovlya and surrounding villages. A dry grass fire was also reported.At the same time, the Russian Ministry of Defense claimed that they allegedly destroyed 61 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones last night, including:18 over the Black Sea,12 over Voronezh region,11 over the territory of the Republic of Crimea,8 over Belgorod region,6 over Volgograd region,2 over Bryansk region,2 over Rostov region,1 over the Moscow region,1 over Ryazan region.Train movement halted at Archeda stationAccording to the press service of the Privolzhskaya Railway, train traffic at the Archeda station in the city of Frolovo, Volgograd region, was suspended due to falling drone debris.“As a result, passenger trains No. 2 Moscow – Volgograd, No. 89 Volgograd – Saint Petersburg, No. 90 Saint Petersburg – Volgograd, No. 506 Saratov – Imeretinsky Resort, as well as suburban train No. 6818 Aleksikovo – Archeda are currently delayed,” the statement said.The maximum delay time is 1.5 hours.Airports implement restrictionsAdditionally, at 3:00 a.m., Artem Korenyako, spokesperson for the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency, reported temporary restrictions on the arrival and departure of aircraft at the airports of Volgograd and Tambov to ensure flight safety.As of 6:00 a.m., all restrictions were lifted.Over the past day, August 3, the Russian army lost another 1,010 troops, as well as several dozens of units of equipment and weaponry.
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