France will invest €100 million to upgrade infrastructure in government-controlled Luhansk Region

France will invest €100 million to upgrade infrastructure in government-controlled Luhansk Region, Governor Sergei Gaidai reports after a ‘very constructive’ meeting in Kyiv with French Ambassador Etienne de Poncins. France will pay for train tracks to connect Ukraine’s national network with Lantrativka-Kindrashivska-Nova line. This 225 km line runs from a northern border with Russia to a southern border with Russia. At present, Luhansk’s nine easternmost districts are cut off from Ukraine’s rail system. French aid will also go to electrifying much of the Luhansk rail network and for cleaning drinking water.