 The Russian regime is constructing a railway in the occupied territories of Ukraine, however it is vulnerable to precision strikes by Ukraine according to the Ministry of Defence of Britain. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on March 18 the construction of a railway branch from Rostov-on-Don in southern Russia through temporarily occupied territories to Crimea. According to Putin, the first segment of the railway allegedly restores access to Burdiansk. However, British intelligence emphasises that the existing railway passes through territory vulnerable to Ukrainian long-range precision strike systems. The new railway branch, nearly 60 kilometres long, south of the Netsk was under construction for eight months. It is almost certainly one of the largest infrastructure projects Russia has carried out in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine and re-establishes the rail connection denied by the fighting outside of the Netsk the summery states. At the same time, intelligence believes that one of Russia's goals will be to support activity in Mariupol. The British Ministry of Defence stated that Russians are likely to seek to restore, as of Stahl and other facilities destroyed in 2022. Russian forces seized Mariupol and its district in the spring of 2022 after months of fierce fighting. Afterward, the occupiers turned the ruined city into their military base. According to satellite images published online, Russian occupiers intend to connect Mariupol with Russian cities such as Rostov and Tagunrog and other major cities in the Donbas. They have already begun construction of a road. The road will pass far from settlements. This may be linked to the difficulties arising from expanding an existing road.