From the picture, it looks like a cargo train and not a passenger train. Anything that hurts Russian industry is positive for the war effort. Particularly when it comes to trains as now that route is closed for a time, in addition to the loss of the train and cargo.
Based on the article, I can’t tell if this is a good thing or a bad thing. What was on the train? Where was it going?
It happened not too far away from Moscow, so it is quite unlikely that it was a military cargo train. But who knows?
From the picture, it looks like a cargo train and not a passenger train. Anything that hurts Russian industry is positive for the war effort. Particularly when it comes to trains as now that route is closed for a time, in addition to the loss of the train and cargo.