Ukraine and Bulgaria plans to resume direct train travel between Kyiv and Sofia; the Infrastructure Ministry of Ukraine said that restoring trains between Kyiv and Sofia was discussed at a meeting of Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Andriy Pyvovarsky and Bulgarian Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Ivaylo Moskovski in Sofia on November 13.
The World Bank today approved a US$560 million IBRD loan to finance the Road Sector Development Project in Ukraine, Infrastructure Minister Andriy Pyvovarsky said on his Facebook page.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has approved the allocation of EUR100 million to several Ukrainian cities to improve public transportation, focusing on renovating and improving transport efficiency including EUR8 million to municipal enterprise Odesamiskelektrotrans for the purchase of 45 new trolleybuses.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said that Ukrainian authorities has accumulated over UAH 10 billion that could be allocated to restore infrastructure in Donbas.
Japan International Cooperation Agency will provide 3 million US dollars for a pilot project as part of the creation of the national infrastructure for geospatial data in Ukraine, Deputy Head of Diplomatic Mission and Advisor to Embassy of Japan to Ukraine Hiromi Nakano has said.
Constant hostilities and violations of the Minsk ceasefire agreements have resulted in repeated damage to the water pipe system in eastern Ukraine, putting tens of thousands of civilians living on both sides of the contact line without access to water supply.