The location of a new airport for Ukraine-controlled Donbas is to be decided this year

The location of a new airport for Ukraine-controlled Donbas is to be decided this year, President Zelenskiy said yesterday. After seven years of war, the government wants to return air travel to the region. “We could open the Mariupol airport, restore and renovate it, but today the military say that it is dangerous,” Zelensky told reporters. Berdyansk and Zaporizhia airports are too far from the Donbas. Other options would be to upgrade Kramatorsk airport in Donetsk or Severodonetsk airports in Luhansk. Both airports are only used by the military and may be considered too close to the front lines for civil aviation.