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UKRZALIZNYTSIA ALLOCATES 50 PASSENGER CARS FOR HUMANITARIAN AID DELIVERY

29 March , 2022  

KYIV. March 29 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Ukrzaliznytsia (UZ) has made the procedure for delivering humanitarian aid in passenger trains more clear, 50 wagons in 32 trains have been allocated for this.

As UZ ​​reported on its Facebook page, on certain routes these wagons will be specially meant for the delivery of humanitarian cargo.

“This will make it possible to clearly separate the humanitarian mission of Ukrzaliznytsia from our direct work: the transportation of passengers and cargo, and will also provide additional security for humanitarian cargo,” the message says.

Since the beginning of the war, Ukrzaliznytsia has transported more than 7,800 tonnes of humanitarian cargo in passenger cars and sent 1,670 cargo cars with humanitarian aid throughout the country. Most of all – to Kyiv, Kharkiv, Zaporizhia and Odesa.

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