Russian forces strike train carrying Western weapons - MOD | 26 April 2024 | Russian forces have struck a freight train carrying military equipment supplied to Ukrainian forces by Kiev's Western backers, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has said. The combined attack involved aircraft, missiles and artillery, the ministry said in a statement on Friday. "A train with Western weapons and military equipment was hit in the area of the settlement of Udachnoye in [Russia's] Donetsk People's Republic," it added. Udachnoye, translated as "lucky" in English, is located in the western part of the republic. Personnel and equipment from the 67th Ukrainian mechanized brigade were also struck at a railway loading station in the area of Balakleya in Ukraine's Kharkov Region, the ministry said.