The War in Ukraine and Its Impact on Rail Transport

The Polish concern PKN Orlen has reduced the share of Russian raw materials used in refineries to 30%.This was announced by the head of the board of the company, Daniel Obaitek, reports the railway magazine Railway Supply with reference to interfax.

The forces withdrawn by the Russian Federation from the North of Ukraine are being transferred to the Donbass. This conclusion was reached in the edition of the Conflict Intelligence Team.

EU ambassadors plan to meet on April 6 and discuss a new package of sanctions against Russia in connection with military aggression against Ukraine, informs Railway Supply magazine, referring to Rail.

More than 30 people were killed as a result of a missile attack on the Kramatorsk railway station.Oleksandr Kamyshin, Chairman of the Board of JSC Ukrzaliznytsia, wrote about this in his Telegram channel, informs Railway Supply magazine.

On Sunday, April 3, Russian troops launched a missile attack on an elevator in the Mykolaiv region.As a result, the material and technical base of the elevator complex was damaged.

On Saturday, April 2, the State Agency for Strategic Reserves of Poland (RARS) announced the delivery of 120 wagons of humanitarian aid to Ukraine.

On the afternoon of April 2, the Russian military shelled the Pavlograd region. Railroad infrastructure was damaged.

Refugees from Ukraine will be provided with practical assistance and advice at Scottish railway stations.It is reported by the railway magazine Railway Supply.

China does not intend to take any special steps to circumvent sanctions against the aggressor country Russia.“We will not do anything on purpose to circumvent US and Western sanctions against Russia,” Wang Lutong, director of the European Department of the Chinese Foreign Ministry, told reporters at a briefing on the April 1 China-EU summit.

Officials in Georgia and Kazakhstan said late this week that they would adhere to the sanctions imposed on the aggressor country Russia over the war in Ukraine.

The Dutch railway operator ProRail predicts that Russia's military intervention in Ukraine will have an impact on the implementation of railway projects in this country.

The Government Agency of Strategic Reserves of Poland sent 120 wagons with 1 500 tons of humanitarian aid to Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia.