Kyiv Has No Plan to Hike Railroad Tariffs This Year, Kuleba Says

Ukraine’s government has no plans to raise tariffs for the country’s largest state-run transport company Ukrzaliznitsya this year, aiming to avoid additional costs for producers that rely on the rail network, Deputy Premier and Regional Development Minister Oleksiy Kuleba said.

“There are many factors not conducive to our businesses receiving a tariff increase now,” said Kuleba in an interview with Bloomberg News in Kyiv on Friday.

Russia’s full-scale invasion continues to hit Ukrainian businesses hard. Kuleba mentioned landmines and the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam in southern Ukraine in 2023 as particular hardships for agricultural producers, who have lost large ...