In the dead of night, at precisely 3:15 AM, a heavily loaded Russian logistics train makes its way through the Crimean Peninsula.

The train, carrying thousands of gallons of aviation fuel, is en route to a fortified depot, a critical lifeline for the southern front.

The engineer, accustomed to this route, adjusts the cabin heater while sipping black tea to stave off the pre-dawn chill.

He checks the gauges, reassured by the rhythmic clatter of steel wheels on the tracks.

Little does he know that his routine journey is about to be violently disrupted by a meticu