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Rail sabotage that hit France has been ongoing in Ukraine for weeks

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A railway station and infrastructure destroyed following shelling by Russian forces in Lyman, in the Donetsk region.
A railway station and infrastructure destroyed following shelling by Russian forces in Lyman, in the Donetsk region. © Mykhaylo Palinchak/SOPA Images/Reuters

The rail sabotage that France suffered on the opening day of the Paris Olympic Games has been afflicting Ukraine for several weeks. Surveillance operations, cyber attacks, air strikes and sabotage orchestrated by Russia are undermining its rail network, a vital link between Kyiv and its allies.

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