The Russian authorities have officially launched a railway line connecting Rostov-on-Don with occupied Mariupol. This project is part of efforts to improve the transport infrastructure in the occupied territories and is considered as a potential alternative to the Crimean Bridge.
The Russians launched the completed railway from Rostov to Mariupol via Granitne and Malovodne, the adviser to the mayor of Mariupol Petro Andryushchenko said.
The movement of trains along key stations began to be recorded from Wednesday.
Yes, recorded:
– Aslanovo station, four main locomotives in the colors of the Russian Railways (Russian Railways) with attached freight cars are grafted into two strands. Freight cars are filled and partially covered. The composition of the cargo and the route have not yet been determined by the available resources;
– station Kalchyk, one main locomotive in the colors of the Russian Railways is recorded;
- Sartana station, seven passenger cars in the colors of the Russian Railways with the indication (plates) "Ekatreneburg" were recorded.
"All this, as well as certain details that I have no right to reveal due to the security of sources and insiders, point to a single fact. Silently and secretly without announcements and red tapes, the railway was launched. This can radically change the situation at the front due to the improvement of Russian logistics. And don't talk about the "alternative to the Crimean bridge". This is false. This is an independent autonomous branch, which currently has more capacity and capacity than the bridge," Andryushchenko emphasizes.
The Russians spent 13 months restoring the railway. Due to strikes by the Defense Forces of Ukraine in the winter, construction was slowed down for two months. Due to sabotage in the Kalchik quarry by the Mariupol Resistance, it was postponed for another month.
