transport infrastructure

Ukraine can profit by rebuilding its own transit fleet – expert

Ukraine faces a strategic choice: direct reconstruction funding mainly toward imported equipment, or use that demand to modernize its own manufacturing base. Electric public transit could become one of the most promising examples of the latter path, Yiğit Tahmisoğlu, an energy and climate policy expert at Berlin Economics, wrote in a column for NV Business on Aug. 17.

18 August, 08:54 PM

Torrential rain turns Odesa roads into rivers - video

Torrential rainfall caused widespread flash flooding across major thoroughfares and residential yards in Odesa, forcing city authorities to alter public transport routes and suspend several tram lines, Odesa City Council announced on July 22.

22 July, 12:52 PM

Bus driver and riders describe daily survival in Slovyansk under Russian attacks

In the frontline city of Slovyansk, where Russian forces regularly attack with aerial bombs and drones, residents say daily life is becoming harder as public transportation to some neighborhoods has been cut because of the danger. Radio Liberty’s Current Time spoke with minibus driver Serhii, who described conditions in the city near the front as of the end of May.

28 May, 04:56 PM

Public transport prices may rise nearly fourfold in July

Kyiv authorities announced on May 8 that public transport fares in the capital will rise nearly fourfold, with a single trip expected to cost UAH 30 ($0.74) instead of the current UAH 8 ($0.20).

19 May, 05:02 PM

Russia strikes ports and rail infrastructure across Ukraine

Russia launched a mass overnight attack on Ukraine’s logistics infrastructure, striking ports in Odesa and Mykolaiv oblasts and damaging railway facilities in Lviv Oblast, Minister for Restoration Oleksii Kuleba reported on Dec. 26.

26 December 2025, 12:38 PM

Russian strikes disrupt trains in Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Poltava oblasts

Ukrainian Railways warned of delays and route changes for trains in Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, and Poltava oblasts after Russia's overnight missile and drone barrage targeted energy infrastructure, the company reported on Oct. 10.

10 October 2025, 11:42 AM

Russian drones injure woman, hit infrastructure throughout Ukraine - photos

Russian troops targeted Dnipropetrovsk Oblast with drones and artillery on Sept. 15, injuring one woman, regional governor Serhiy Lysak reported.

15 September 2025, 12:35 PM

Poland planning Europe’s biggest airport

In August 2025, Poland approved the terminal design for the Solidarity Transport Hub, officially named the Centralny Port Komunikacyjny (CPK), a mega-project to build a new airport and high-speed rail hub 40 km from Warsaw in Baranów, Mazovia. Aiming to serve 100 million passengers annually, it could become Europe’s largest airport. Construction begins in 2026, with the first phase, including the Warsaw-Lodz high-speed rail, set to open by 2032. The project, costing 155 billion zlotys ($43 billion), is designed by Foster + Partners and Buro Happold.

25 August 2025, 12:34 PM

Ukraine lands multimillion wartime rebuild deal with EIB

Ukraine and the European Investment Bank (EIB) signed a €134 million ($156 million) agreement to repair critical transport infrastructure, the Ministry for Communities and Territories Development reported on July 12 after the URC2025 international Ukraine recovery conference in Rome.

14 July 2025, 08:00 AM

Kyiv city subway to be expanded by Autostrada companies group

Autostrada Group won the tender for construction of the metro to Vynohradar, and will carry out all the work at its own expense with full speed construction beginng in 2025, reported company owner Maxym Shkil on Facebook on July 12.

12 July 2024, 03:14 PM

Protests near Kyiv's Central Railway Station cause train delays, traffic jams

Kyiv's central railway station was blocked by protests on the morning of June 28, Ukrainian Railways (UZ) reported on Telegram.

28 June 2024, 01:11 PM

Casualties in Kharkiv, explosions in Odesa after Russia launches latest mass attack on Ukraine

At least five people were injured in Kharkiv and explosions rang out in Odesa after Russia launched another mass attack on Ukraine overnight on May 21.

21 May 2024, 10:07 AM

Odesa Oblast under attack: Russia targets transport and logistics infrastructure in southern Ukraine

Russia once more attacked the transport and logistics infrastructure of Odesa Oblast on the afternoon of April 10 in an attempt to destroy the region's industrial potential, the Ukrainian military’s Operational Command South reported on Telegram.

10 April 2024, 04:31 PM

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