Germany is finalizing an agreement to lend

Germany is finalizing an agreement to lend €90 million to rebuild roads in government-controlled sections of Donetsk and Luhansk regions, Infrastructure Minister Volodymyr Omelyan tells Ukrinform after meeting German officials in Berlin. Omelyan says a priority will be the 224 km road between Mariupol and Zaporizhia, a drive that now takes over four hours. Due to the war with Russia, Mariupol airport is closed and Russian border control gunboats harass freighters bound for the city, the only seaport for Donetsk region.