Kiev is dissatisfied with the growth of Ukrainian passenger traffic to Russia
The so-called “representative office of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea,” located in Kherson and not related to the peninsula, supported the proposal of the Minister of Infrastructure Vladimir Omelyan to stop passenger rail traffic with Russia.
The first deputy of the fake representative office, Izet Gdanov, stated this at a press conference in Kyiv, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“We support the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine regarding the proposal to stop the railway connection between the mainland of Ukraine and the Russian Federation. There is also a proposal to stop bus services from mainland Ukraine to Russian cities. We are actually in a state of war. The Russian Federation is an occupier and an aggressor. Therefore, we must take response measures as a state whose territory is actually captured by the Russian Federation,” the official said.
At the same time, he admitted that every week there is an increase in the number of flights from mainland Ukraine to Russia, since “there is a so-called agreement between Ukraine and Russia regarding the establishment of communication.”
“As you already know, we do not have air connections with Russia. Therefore, what is the benefit of railway communication for us? What is the feasibility of bus service? This is a matter of security for both the territory and our citizens. And in general, the occupier must know that until he respects international norms and the borders of other states, Ukraine, the EU and the United States will react to this and force Russia to respect the rules of the law,” Gdanov said.
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