This was announced by adviser to the mayor of temporarily occupiedMariupol Petro Andriushchenko on the air of the national telethon.
According to Andriushchenko, the railroad has been completed and the testing period has begun. After that, cargo can be delivered from russia to Volnovakha or Mariupol.
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"So far, we have seen that russians are testing locomotives. We have not yet recorded the passage of a single large freight train carrying anything. But russian locomotives have already been spotted near Mariupol. We can see them near Volnovakha, which means that there are only 'hours' left before the start. Why they have not launched this railroad yet is a question for us. Perhaps these are some bureaucratic obstacles that exist in russia, given their love of opening up everything involving a dictator, " Andriushchenko noted.
It is known that russians' aim is to connect Rostov-on-Don and occupied Mariupol to supply weapons by rail, bypassing the occupied Crimea.
Earlier Defense Express reported that russian invaders had improved their FPV-drones.
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