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How repairable is this? The cab of locomotives (looks like that is all they got) can be very simple. Put a cushion on the seat and put some electric tape around some wires and it will be working in a day. Maybe you lose in-cab signaling, but we did without that for decades.
If anyone can get access to these people, better to pour some "water glass" into the engine oil - it will run for a short time, while destroying the engine bearings and cylinders - it will be a major rebuild to get that engine running again (probably cheaper and faster to scrap it)
IIRC Russia only has around 6000 locomotives and most are in use so if this is hard to repair this is significant, but it feels like a feel good piece that makes no difference.
They should definitely do that! How easy is it to put it into a train do you think?
I don't know russian locomotives but I'd guess finding the oil fill on the first would take an hour but after that it is 10 minutes or less.
They are likely to have received instructions from Ukrainian railways. They will know precisely which part of each locomotive type must be hit in what manner.