Train to Victory: Ukraine honours rail heroes who helped evacuate millions to safety

It has now been just over six months since Russia invaded Ukraine.

In an effort to celebrate rail workers who have helped evacuate millions to safety, Ukrainian Railways has teamed up with some of the country’s best artists to create the ‘Train to Victory’.

Seven carriages have been painted, each by a different artist, to represent various occupied regions of Ukraine. They are dedicated to Crimea, Mykolaiv, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk, Luhansk, all in the west of Ukraine, and Kharkiv, which although is not occupied, has been heavily shelled.

Each carriage has been painted in bold, vivid colours – starkly different from their standard blue colour.

The Donetsk carriage is dedicated to the soldiers

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