Ukrainian soldier Vasyl Khomko, 42, carries flowers as he waits for his wife and daughter at the train station in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2022.
Ukrainian soldier Vasyl Khomko, 42, carries flowers as he waits for his wife and daughter at the train station in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2022.
  • Ukraine's rail network has kept people, humanitarian aid, and cargo moving through a year of war.
  • But the trains run under the constant threat of Russian attacks on the rail infrastructure. 
  • Alexander Kamyshin, CEO of Ukrainian Railways, explained to Insider how the operation keeps going.

Alexander Kamyshin will never forget the day he arrived in liberated Kherson, a war-torn city on the Dnieper River.