The State Bureau of Investigation of Ukraine (DBR) continues to identify the property of Russian and Belarusian companies on the territory of Ukraine, after which it initiates its nationalization.

Freight cars

Currently, DBR employees have already discovered more than 2 thousand units of such rolling stock. It is reported by the railway magazine Railway Supply with reference to Rail.insider.

“Currently, DBR employees have found more than 2 thousand railway cars belonging to business entities in Russia and Belarus in Poltava, Dnipro, Vinnitsa, Ternopil and other regions of the country. The issue of forcible seizure and transfer of these wagons for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has been raised,” said Tatyana Sapyan, communications adviser to the DBR.

According to the information of the bureau, most of the discovered cars are on the territory of the Poltava and Dnipro regions. In order to seize property and transfer it to the needs of Ukraine, the Territorial Directorate of the DBR of Poltava applied with a corresponding initiative to the officialsof the Poltava and Dnipro military-civilian administrations.

“The effective work of the Bureau under martial law weakens the enemy and strengthens the defense capability of our state,” the DBR reports.

In total, there are about 20 000 wagons owned by the companies of the aggressor country and its henchman on the territory of Ukraine: 15 000 Russian and 5 000 Belarusian.

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