Russian forces carried out two large-scale and 12 group strikes with precision-guided weapons and attack drones between August 1 and 7, targeting facilities and infrastructure used in the interests of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

The strikes hit military-industrial enterprises, logistics centers and elements of fuel, energy and transport infrastructure used by Ukrainian troops. Drone production sites, warehouses storing unmanned aircraft and their components, as well as temporary deployment areas for Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries were also targeted.

The Defense Ministry separately reported attacks on Ukrainian seaport infrastructure. According to the ministry, the facilities were used to concentrate and repair military equipment, store military cargo and hold fuel and lubricants intended for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Maritime transport was another target during the week. Russian forces struck 34 vessels operating in the interests of the Ukrainian military, including 31 dry cargo ships and three tugboats.

Over the same period, Russian air defenses shot down 91 guided aerial bombs and 11 rockets fired from US-made HIMARS systems, the ministry said. Another 6,575 fixed-wing drones were destroyed.

The Defense Ministry also reported the destruction of a railway train carrying Ukrainian military equipment near Vishnevoye in the Dnepropetrovsk Region. The train was hit in a combined attack.

A Geran drone first struck the locomotive, preventing the train from continuing its journey. An Iskander missile with a cluster warhead then hit the train, destroying equipment carried on open railway platforms.

The attack also destroyed a US-made AN/TPQ-53 counter-battery radar station. A reconnaissance drone monitored the strike and its results.

Military correspondent Alexander Kots said Russian forces have disabled more than 200 such locomotives since the conflict began, equivalent to roughly one-third of the fleet Ukraine had at the start.

Kots described the resource as practically irreplaceable compared with many types of equipment supplied to Kiev by Western countries. He pointed to the difference in railway gauges: Ukraine’s main rail network uses a 1,520-millimeter gauge, while most European Union countries operate on a 1,435-millimeter standard.

As a result, European locomotives cannot simply be transferred onto Ukrainian railways without additional arrangements. Kots also noted that Western countries have relatively few spare locomotives that could be removed from domestic freight operations.