President Zelenskiy promised yesterday to rebuild the runway of Sumy airport, if the regional government finds an investor to rebuild the terminal.

President Zelenskiy promised yesterday to rebuild the runway of Sumy airport, if the regional government finds an investor to rebuild the terminal. “We are ready to build this strip in Sumy,if you have those who will build the terminal in parallel,” he told Roman Grishchenko, head of the regional administration, on a visit to the airport. Two years ago, the Infrastructure Ministry estimated that it would cost €25 million to rebuild the Soviet-era terminal and the 2,500-meter runway. Without scheduled air service for over a decade, Sumy residents face 3-hour drives to Kharkiv or Poltava airports or a 4.5-hour drive to Kyiv.