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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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“When the Shahed [drone] hit I was covered in rubble. I was in the second car. People pulled me out,” she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“My eyes went dark. There was fire everywhere, everything was burning, my hair caught fire a little. I was trapped.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Olha is a victim of Russia’s increasingly frequent attacks on the Ukrainian railway system \u2013 vital infrastructure that keeps the country moving three and a half years since Moscow’s full-scale invasion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ukraine’s 21,000km-long (13,000-mile) railway system is not merely a mode of transport, it is a central pillar of Ukraine’s war effort and a powerful national symbol of resilience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Olha’s injuries were severe, so she was transported more than 300km (185 miles) to a special hospital in the capital, Kyiv, dedicated to railway workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She has just had surgery on her hip and a metal plate inserted into her leg.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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