Ukranian railway worker in retaken territories

Unexploded ordinance, mines, damage to track. Details in this Twitter thread documenting a 70 km trip into territory from which Russian forces have retreated.

Today I failed. I've done everything possible and slightly more, but failed. My plan was to get to recently retaken Town B. by train. But no success. It was a long long day. So listen to the story.

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1569 ... 00901.html

More at Alexander Kamyshin's Twitter feed. He's the CEO of Ukranian railways.

Long; can't say I've read it yet, but just wanted to share it:

New York Times Magazine

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On the night of Feb. 23, when Kyiv was still rife with rumors and denials about the Russian troops and weaponry amassing along the border, Oleksandr Kamyshin, the 38-year-old chief executive of Ukrzaliznytsia — Ukraine’s national rail system — sent a photograph to the management’s Telegram group chat in an attempt to settle everyone’s nerves. The photo showed him tucking his two sons, 8 and 12, into bed in their apartment in central Kyiv. The head of passenger services, Oleksandr Pertsovskyi, replied with a photo of his toddler taking a bath. The implication of both photos was clear: The leaders, and their families, were staying put.

Kamyshin had been in charge of Ukrzaliznytsia for only six months. Still in his trial period, he hadn’t even been offered a permanent contract. When he was hired, he espoused all the Western-approved jargon of railway reform that had been demanded of Ukraine for years — “higher freight yields,” “vertical integration,” “rolling-stock renewal,” “cargo turnover” and so on. Kamyshin had spent eight years on the management board of System Capital Management, an investment house belonging to Ukraine’s richest oligarch, Rinat Ahmetov, which oversaw the iron-ore and coal magnate’s freight trains. He ran international marathons, including the New York City Marathon, collected fine red wines and was a devoted fan of the internet-famous restaurateur Salt Bae, whom he once met in Istanbul.

The NYT Magazine piece is extraordinary in many ways, even the photographs. #IronPeople indeed!

edit: now having read many of the comments on the NYT site, I see that many people agree. Highly recommended! Thank you, Mr. Norman, for posting the teaser.

another puff peace about a world bank-backed executive who will be selling everything off to Germany the second the conflict dies down