The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has prepared a document, which is called the strategy of development of Ukrainian railways. It is a question of "Ukrzaliznytsia" development strategy of the company to 2023 of the year. The Ukrainian media document already managed to cause a violent reaction, although so far no question of his admission does not go.
Paragraph, which caused heated debate in Ukraine, As for the plans to restore the rail link between Ukraine and the Donbas (those of its territories, that Kiev is not controlled).
Official Kiev prescribes a gradual restoration of railway communication with the Donbas, which was terminated in 2017 year. Motivated by this kind of initiative is purely economic indicators. So, celebrated, what to 2021 year as a result of lifting the ban volumes of coal shipments will be about 40% of indicators 2016 of the year, metals 15%, iron ore - 30%. More serious indicators to achieve turnover is not yet possible due to the fact, that the radical groups a few years ago, literally dismantled railway track - and not only on the direction of Donbass, but also in areas of the Ukrainian-Russian border (eg, in the Kharkiv region). Still part of these paths are not restored.
The Cabinet say, that if a message with Donbass railway is now restored, the volume of cargo to 2030 will grow twice.
Attention is drawn to the fact, that we are talking about the freight traffic. Recovery of these shipments will go into the hands of first Ukrainian oligarchs, who lost at the time the lion's share of the profits.
On the recovery of high-grade passenger no official statements.
