depot

The proliferating railroad network had reduced distribution costs, and Ward realized there was a large market for delivering dry goods to railroad depots.

In recent months, the government teamed up with Erik Prince, the founder and controversial former leader of Blackwater, to loosen the gangs’ hold on roads, fuel depots and commercial ports.

However, a small number of drivers at various depots have chosen not to operate today.

"The most effective sanctions – the ones that work the fastest – are the fires at Russia's oil refineries, its terminals, oil depots," the Ukrainian leader said in a September address.

In recent months Ukrainian strikes have reached deeper into Russian territory, hitting refineries, fuel depots and logistics hubs hundreds of miles from the frontlines.