The new Oschadbank branch on the Ukrainian-controlled side of the new Shchastia checkpoint is capable of handling 2,000 customers a day

The new Oschadbank branch on the Ukrainian-controlled side of the new Shchastia checkpoint is capable of handling 2,000 customers a day, Sergei Naumov, the new chairman of the savings bank, reports. Ukrainian passport holders will able to receive pensions and money transfers, open deposits and use bank cards. Similar Oschadbank branches are at the two other Luhansk checkpoints, the new one at Zolote and the recently upgraded one at Stanytsia Luhanska. All seven checkpoints in the Donbas are to reopen today for cars and pedestrians. The crossings were closed for several weeks as a coronavirus control measure.