Russia intensifies attacks on Ukraine's trains in 'battle for the railways'
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Iona Hampson/BBC Train conductor Olha Zolotova was badly injured in a Russian strike on her train
Propped up in her hospital bed, railway conductor Olha Zolotova speaks slowly and quietly as she talks about the day her train was hit by a Russian drone. "When the Shahed [drone] hit I was covered in rubble. I was in the second car. People pulled me out," she says. "My eyes went dark. There was fire everywhere, everything was burning, my hair caught fire a little. I was trapped." Olha is a victim of Russia's increasingly frequent attacks on the Ukrainian railway system – vital infrastructure that keeps the country moving three and
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