The EU plans to spend €50 million to improve road and rail access to Mariupol and Ukraine’s Sea of Azov, President Poroshenko told the Odesa Regional Development Council on Saturday. By electrifying rail lines, he said, EU aid could extend Intercity rail service from Zaporizhia to Mariupol. “We will bring Mariupol closer through Intercity. For me, this is a fundamental thing and a challenge: we must reduce the distances.”
The EU plans to spend
