Restoration of Railroad to Volnovakha Will Allow Russians to Export More Stolen Goods Through Mariupol Port
The fact that the Russians were able to restore the railroad in the temporarily occupied territory of the Donetsk region between Mariupol and Volnovakha is a bad sign for Ukraine because it will allow the occupiers to improve their military logistics and increase the volume of stolen goods exported through the port of Mariupol.
“The railroad from Volnovakha to Mariupol already existed and was in good condition. The Russians had to do most of the work in the city of Mariupol itself, from the railway station to the Mariupol-Sortuvalna station. They hardly involved the local population in the work. They brought in workers from Russia, and it took them about a year to clear the tracks and restore the connection,” Andriuschenko told the CFTS portal.