Oleksandr Pertsovskyi
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@JelleKrings
captured everyday geroic work of IronPeople near frontlines.
More at:
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Lived together, died together. Poet and his ginger cat.
I rarely share something non railway-related... Yet, there are stories that simply should be told. Should be cried out loud.
33-yr old Ukrainian poet Maxim Kryvtsov who volunteered to the Army from the very first days was
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Arriving on time. This is standard status report for us. Not so standard for
#109
Kherson-Lviv. The crew had to disconnect burning car, arrange boarding of 116 passengers in minutes, incl. many on wheel-chairs and bring them to safety. 21 killed in yesterday's Kherson shelling.
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Inagural train
#119
Kyiv-Chelm departed today at 6:28am from KyivCentral. It has aligned direct connection to/from Warsaw.
We now have 12 (!) daily railway services between 🇺🇦 and 🇵🇱. More - in the works!
Mood: making those who have to be apart closer feels very special!❤️🚅
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That's how rail car looks after direct hit by russian artilerary at Kherson rail stations. Few minutes later this rail car would have 30+ passengers inside... our injured train attendant is concious, spoke with him just now. Let's all.wish him speedy recovery!
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Inspiring tradition of our infrastructure teams: those who supervised construction - stand beneath the bridge during first test ride of a loco. Taking responsibility PERSONALLY.
Thanks to
@networkrail
for your great support with equipment to re-build our war-damaged bridges!
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Ukrainian Railways don't need much advertising these days... Yet, this mood video shows how closely company's history is interlinked with our individual memories.
Many real railway workers filmed, including our army veterans who just returned to work and recover from injuries.
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Air raid alert is not a valid excuse to make our youngest passengers unhappy ;) Rolling out such underground playgrpund at major stations. They have no way to steal childhood and magic of traveling and exploring from our kids!
@AKamyshin
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No electricity due to yet another barbarian missile attack? Not a reason for our electric trains to stop running. Diesel lcocos were on stand by and e.g. Intercity Kharkiv-Kyiv departed just with +8 min delay. Will be at destination on time.
🚆🚆🚆
#keeprunnung
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This Friday we celebrated Defenders Day in Ukraine. What could be a better gift to our defenders than bringing over their loved ones? Even if it's just for a very short time. Kyiv-Kramatorsk Intercity re-launch by
@Ukrzaliznytsia
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As Odesa is bracing for another night under constant shelling, at all major stations across the country we surprised Odesa-bound travelers with words of support! "Odesa, you are strong and we stand by you!"
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This special holiday season gave start to a new tradition - holiday perfromances right at
@Ukrzaliznytsia
's central station.
We bring together country's bests and sing together all as one showing how strong Ukraine's spirit is.
Check out the recording:
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Evacuation train departed Kherson region where the blast of Khakovka dam leaves thousands homeless. Support for kids, passenger train in between cargo wagons to protect fleeing people from constant shelling around the rail station
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Proudly transporting Ukraine's greatest team.
They may not have legs, but they are the fastest. They may not have arms, but they are the strongest.
They are already winners and their every step through pain and fear is another win.
Even in the darkest of times, they help us to
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Nuclear power plant destruction and evacuation from gigantic contaminated area... For most people on Earth it's like an apocalyptic movie, for us - scenario to prepare for. Completed major drills last week - tools and teams are ready to keep running whatever comes next.
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Lyman, Donets'ka oblast - before and after barbarian attack. Just days before full-scale invasion we were launching newly modernized trains here. Now, depot and station are heavily damaged - and yet, I am certain new laucnhes are to return here!
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Great collaboration with
@WCKitchen
continues with this long-long awaited trip to Kherson!
Over & over again I’ve seen the tireless work of
@Ukrzaliznytsia
across Ukraine… incredible what these heroes do everyday, & an amazing partner to
@WCKitchen
! I was humbled to be there when the first train returned to Kherson after liberation, a sign of hope for the future 🙏🇺🇦
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RIP Twix the cat. Murdered by russian railways. A cat has died in russia after being thrown off a train in freezing temperatures by a conductor.
What a surprise for railways that help with mass-murdering of children to kill a cat. Day-to-day normal business for them...
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On Europe's Day we welcomed
@vonderleyen
at Kyiv station. Madame President traveled with us for the 5th time, knows many of our train crew members by names and holds our loyalty card. We will keep running "Kyiv-EU" express for as long as it takes to turn it into "EU-EU" train ;)
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What was theory became a reality: FoodTrain passed a mark of 10,000 hot meals per day. Kharkiv continues fighting blackout impacts after major attack.
Yet, people of Kharkiv are not alone. Fantastic collaboration with Howard G. Buffett Foundation.
Applauds to the FoodTrain
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Absolutely civilian site -
@NP_official_ua
logistics hub in Kharkiv. 6 people killed onsite, doctors are fighting for the lives of 14 more.
Do we really want to live in the world where signle-digit terrorist murders wouldn't even make it to the world's headlines?
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601 rail workers paid an ultimate price 🖤. Heaviest toll of these 2 years. The rest can always be repaired and restored.
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Happy to be official transport partner of Ukraine's Eurointegration!
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen
@vonderleyen
in Kyiv shares the moment with the
@Ukrzaliznytsia
it was named Rail Champion at the European Railway Awards (
@eurailwayawards
)
🇺🇦🇪🇺
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2 years ago and now. We sent people off, we welcome them back.
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@Brooms1989
@Brooms1989
дякую за сигнал! Це дуже корисно, щоб тут же зреагувати та викорінити. Це самовільний продаж продукції - розслідуємо та покараємо. В Укрзалізниці ми перейшли як раз на лінійку чаїв українського виробництва, наприклад карпатського Мольфара. Подорожуйте та смакуйте!$^
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People do open up on the trains better... it's such a territory of trust, sharing life stories and sincere conversations over train tea and sound of wheels rolling!
My story for TIME's 2022 Person of the Year is partly about my trip with President
@ZelenskyyUa
to Kherson last month. On his private train, we talked about empires, Hitler and Stalin, Charlie Chaplin and Lee Kuan Yew, and a lot besides. Have a read:
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Funeral of our 24-year old train attendant. Entire town kneeled down. Crewmates next to him. Tough for them. Yet, that same day all boarded a train headed East... "Your son's sacrifice is not in vain" - I hugged Volodymyr's dad, though no words could help
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Part of our morning routine near central Passenger depot - clean up the mess from kamikadze drones shot above us overnight.
....just another task to keep house in order. Of course, all trains departed sharply on time - no ugly kamikadze drone is going to distract us from that!
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Ukraine might open up air traffic again some time soon.
@Ryanair
, we are up for competition! 🛩🚆
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Kharkiv. Despite barbarian attack last night - station fully operational. Arrived here 06:25, right as per schedule! Mykhaylo, our station manager was onsite all night and ensured smooth boarding even without centralized power supply.
#Unstoppable
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Today is Ukraine's Rescuers Day. We work very closely with Emergency Services: evacuating and ensuring no one is left behind and also with your sapper squads - when returning life back to deoccupied territories.
Many Rescuers have paid ultimate price. We shall never forget that!
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First tiny break between air raid alerts - railway people are doing their favorite thing: putting things to order!
The central railway station in Kyiv right now, 2 hours after the entire city center was badly shelled. We are cleaning up the station after the cruise missiles attack in a few blocks from here. The main hall of the train station is opened again after the end of the air raid alert
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We snapped these pics at one of our Donetsk region depots. Two sides of the same depot: section half-destroyed after a missile hit and section with... a train carefully refurbished here despite the attack. Destination sign says it all: "Bakhmut". Ready to go!
@Leshchenkos
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1 year of collaboration between
@Ukrzaliznytsia
and
@ukrposhta
= 10 million (!) deliveries with food and medicine, books and toys, electronics and clothing and, of course, hand-written letters to the frontlines.
Thank you
@smelyansky_igor
and entire team of my ex-colleagues!
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Some neighbours send each other fruit baskets and flowers... We've got crazy neighbours. They are jelaous of our freedom and send us daily artillery shells and missiles.
Border station of Kozacha Lopan this morning and our Kharkiv depot after yet another attack.
#keeprunning
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It was a big day for our
#IronDiplomacy
programme. Safely transported Canada's PM
@JustinTrudeau
, Presidents of
@Bundestag
@baerbelbas
and Norway's Storting
@MasudGh
and... a few rock legends (more to come).
Proudly serving Ukraine on diplomatic front!
@AKamyshin
@Leshchenkos
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Proudly transporting Ukraine's greatest team.
Video by: Invictus Games - Team Ukraine
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The only response fleeing occupiers are capable of is.. to attack civillian infrastructure. Energy generation in Kharkiv was attacked earlier tonight. 6 trains were affected and as of now - ALL HAVE RESUMED movement. With max delay of 1,5h.
#ironwill
@AKamyshin
@Leshchenkos
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Even 100 rockets won't stop us! Keep moving!
@AKamyshin
The blast wave damaged the windows of the Kyiv central station. Excess to the trains is carried out through the underground passages, which at the same time serve as a shelter. Trains are operating everywhere in Ukraine
@Pertsovskyi_O
@AKamyshin
@Ukrzaliznytsia
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Rail station in Kostiantynivka destroyed by a direct missile hit. Terror against civilian infrastructure continues.
Fortunately, no casualties. The rest will be rebuilt and restored.
🇺🇦🚆
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Finishing off the day in the colours of 🇺🇦 flag. Happy National Flag day!
@KyivCentralStation
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This man may be barely walking with his cane, yet nothing could stop him from kneeling in front of a woman he loves.
Our railway veteran Andriy, who is still going through rehabilitation after a sever injury, made a proposal. Myroslava's "Yes" sounded loud and clear above all
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"How come enemy doesn't try to cut life-saving railway connections?" - we are asked... Brutal reality is different. Today's morning is yet another one after yet another attack. Our heroic workers restore connectivity so fast, that it appears as nothing irregular even happens.
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Railway children sports center Locomotyv in Kyiv hit in a miaaipe attack this morning.
Everyday around 1,000 kids train here, majority - those from war-torn areas, from Maroupol, Kherson, Lyman. Luckily, kids weren't at the. center yet. One security guard was injured and
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🚅New international daily service to connect Lviv 🇺🇦 with Warsaw 🇵🇱 . Connection wasn't in place for 18 (!) years. Combined ticket can be purchased with 1 click via UZ app.
Thank you to Ministers
@OlKubrakov
and
@AMAdamczyk
for active push and to our Infra team for great work.
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IronPeople stamp launched. Pay attention to a tiny detail: "10:18" at platform clock.
Khreson-Lviv train despite an attack that left our crew member wounded and a railcar destroyed arrived on time.
One of 1000s stories that will live forever now.
@smelyansky_igor
@ukrposhta
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We, those who never stop, paused for a minute. Minute of rememberence. Memory - forever.
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PM
@markrutte
as he was boarding our train from Kyiv smiled and promised his continued support. He kept the promise!
Thank you, 🇱🇺 for your leadership and for help with ✈ to make Ukraine's fight for freedom a success!
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FIrst
#IronDiplomacy
guest of 2024. Japanese Foreign Minister
@Kamikawa_Yoko
.
Japan provides such a valuable support to Ukraine. Despite recent natural disaster back home they stay fully commited.
Credits: Kyodo News Agency (UZ train picks up the delegation from Poland)
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Evacution train we run now from Sumy region is a special one. It's effectively the only escape route whch people who spent 1,5yrs under occupation can take now.
Emotions are very strong here. This guy alk9st lost hope to be able to hug his grandma again...
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It's 🇺🇦 Independence Day today! A day to celebrate! For us - it's also a day to remember... precisely 1 year ago our enemy executed yet another brutal attack on railways leaving 11 people dead.
Independence has its price. The highest price.
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Arrived safely to Chelm and passengers smoothly connected to Warsaw
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We were happy to welcome
@Transport_EU
team with
@MagdaKopczynska
and show how
@Ukrzaliznytsia
operates under current conditions. Our future clearly is in European transport network!
The
#IronPeople
of
@Ukrzaliznytsia
are heroes.
They keep trains running, build medical ICU rolling stock, connect families & make the railway stations the beating heart of hope & comfort.
Ultimately their main goal is to prepare for people to return home!
#StandWithUkraine
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Proudly provided safe transportation to
@SpeakerPelosi
on her train journey to Kyiv. Courage to travel through Ukraine and support not just with words but with actions is really appreciated!
For our railway staff it's an honour to run what we call
#irondiplomacy
.
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The night before opening I was showing IronLand to my 3-year old son. Showing via the phone as he is thousands km away. He was truly excited and cried: I want to go home! We do what we do for our kids to return not to the war-destroyed country, but to a better place...
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As always, happy to safely bring our partners from the U.S. to Ukraine to conduct important work on the ground.
Pleased to welcome back to Kyiv three Inspectors General from the Departments of Defense, State, and USAID:
@DOD_IG
,
@StateOIG
and
@USAID_OIG
. Their meetings with implementers, partners, & the Ukrainian government support oversight & accountability for U.S. assistance to Ukraine.
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Poster signed by
@POTUS
during his legendary ride of our
#RailForceOne
sold for UAH 100k at auction to support Armed Forces.
We wanted to keep it for
#IronDiplomacy
museum, but now eveyrthing goes to enable victory! President will surely sign another one once we win! ;) 🇺🇦🚅🇺🇸
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It's freezing today in Kyiv (-10C). Once UK's PM has already received a beanie from us to stay warm... we couldn't repeat ourselves but of course want
@RishiSunak
, our today's guest of honour, to stay warm as well.
So, he got for that another railway souvenir. Guess what that -
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Weeks like this leave a hole in a heart... Two teammates killed by an enemy missile while on duty as train attendants... 4-year old Evelina is still waiting for her dad to return, as he promised her...
We will keep our promise to support railway families:
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Used to be one of the prettiest little station in Donbas. Will be one day again.
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Numbers that win us trust from passengers. Numbers behind which there is tremendous effort of thousands of railway professionals.
Yesterday we got another best ever day for passenger trains OTP (on time performance):
- 96% trains departed on schedule
- 99% train arrived on schedule
I know I am boring, but this day was really good.
#KeepRunning
😎
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We are obsessed about passenger feedback: we ask at suburban trains and at IronDiplomacy carriages that serve world's leaders,
@SecBlinken
this time.
...that's if you wondered what's on the wall behind the Secretary :) Aiming to receive 5 stars!
photo: Brendan Smialowski/AFP
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2 years since I joined
@Ukrzaliznytsia
. The best way to recognize this milestone: board and ride our regional train ;) Newly modernized one on its maiden voyage.
Renewal of our suburban fleet
#KyivCityExpress
is one of the best illustrations of UZ passenger transformation.
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@Brooms1989
Підкажіть будь ласка, коли був цей рейс, де ви придбали, номер потягу та вагону. Вже давно ця продукція знята
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Terrorists invading our railway station in Avdiyivka...
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3 months into my job at
@Ukrzaliznytsia
back in 2020 we faced a difficult decision: whether to renew Kyiv-Avdiyivka train after it wasn't running for ~7 years. There were regular shellings, no one could gurantee safety, yet we decided to ensure our rail lines go as close to the
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Just checking how our stations work on Saturday... Coming across such beatiful surprise moments. Proposal right upon arrival.
During dark times, we clearly need more love!
🚅 = ❤️
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If you want to win - you make everything, absolutely everything dedicated to one goal: winning! Everything we mean even every sip of tea. 🍵
For the last few months we were serving onboard all our trains very tasty "Drone-tea". 5UAH from every cup of tea were donated to the Army
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At wartime everyday you HAVE TO think about today's issues. And yet you MUST think about the future not delaying this for "after the war" times.
Letting next generation railwaymen and women take over our regular routes. Great fun for passengers, useful pracitce for our students.
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The train that connects hearts. The train whose tragic and yet beautiful story is forever in my own heart.
After horrible attack at Kramatorsk railway station that took lives of 63 innocent passengers we restored the service. It's now a symbol of true love and hope.
Check out
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Barbarian attack leaves Kharkiv, a city of ~1 million, without electricity. Yet, it doesn't put it in darkness or desparation.
Thanks to partnership with
@UNICEF_UA
(
@MunirMammadzade
and his super-dedicated team) we already have our Spilno children center at Kharkiv Rail
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EUxpress brought in and out of Ukraine leading diplomats from all 27 EU member states. First gathering of this kind outside of EU and for sure the first one fully powered by railway logistics.
Keep moving 🇺🇦 towards 🇪🇺 and 🇪🇺 towards🇺🇦! 🚅
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Absolutely genuine interest in kids and their well-being amidst the war. Thank you to Japanese friends and partners!
Japan Foreign Affairs Minister
@Kamikawa_Yoko
met children and parents accessing psychosocial support at a UNICEF Spilno Spot in the
#Kyiv
railway station.
@JapanGov
continues to support UNICEF's humanitarian response in Ukraine, including Spilno Spots.
@JPEmbUA
@MofaJapan_en
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Thank you,
@AradBenkoe
! And for more and more trains between Ukraine and Austria.
Ukrainian trains play a pivotal role in this war, bringing passengers reliably from A to Z but also evacuating and reuniting people.
This specific wagon saved many people from Irpin until it was fired upon by Russians in March 2022.
An impressive sight on St Michael sq.
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Your favorite sports team is still taking buses or planes? Better they follow National Soccer Team of Ukraine and switch to rail! It's green, it's fun and one can comfortably stretch legs and have good sleep before the game!
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On Ukraine's Defenders day I have a very simple wish. For evey goodbye hug at a train station - there should be a welcome back hug in return!
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It's International Women's day today and this photo taken next to our KyviCentral station 2 years ago is such a powerful symbol of women's stength, determination and will to fight when their freedom is endangered.
We would be nowehere in this fight without stong impressive
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Our RomanticExpress created unique experience on St.Valentine's for our injured defenders and their loved ones.
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We set an ambition to become the most children-friendly Railway in the world. And we will methodically proceed towards this goal! ...for our own kids to return to entirely different world where laughing and singing replaces sirens and explosions
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The first Oscar in Ukraine's hiatory and perhaps the first receiving which thhe direftor admits: "I wish I have never made this film!"
Kudos to
@mstyslavchernov
and his entire crew for preserving critixally important memories.
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Minister
@wonheeryong
practicing some Ukrainian :) Minister chaired South Korean industry delegation and leads USD2.3bn funding efforts to support reconstruction, incl. railway sector modernization.
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#IronDiplomacy
continues its non-stop marathon in 2024!
A very warm welcome to Kyiv to
@SpecRepUkraine
Penny Pritzker and U.S. private sector CEOs. Today we will have meetings focused on accelerating U.S. business investment in Ukraine for the recovery.
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Our team at
@Ukrzaliznytsia
proudly transported
@SecBlinken
and
@SecDef
throughout war-torn Ukraine. Seeing what's happening first-hand and being in the epicenter of events - sign of true leadership.
We call it
#irondiplomacy
On our trip,
@SecDef
and I took a train into Kyiv from Poland. We saw people on the streets and clear evidence that the battle for Kyiv has been won. But we know that’s in stark contrast to other parts of Ukraine, where the Russian military continues to commit atrocities.
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Stephen Fry, we were very excited to welcome a legend! One interesting collaboration for our passengers to come...
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Wartime proved: trains & love are meant for each other ❤️ We see couples nightly. Some will be separated for long time. By kilometers, others - forever. By enemy bullets. On St Valentine's we celebrated Love. In railway fashion - with RomanticExpress.
@AKamyshin
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few more moments captured at this concert series
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Returning from the frontlines. Train. President.
Yesterday, I had talks with partners, including President Biden, primarily about arms supplies. Today, I was in the area where these weapons will give more power, more protection to Ukrainians' lives. And bring our victory closer, this is the main thing. All our land will be free
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What's inside? It's a unique partnership with
@Unicef
that includes sports (even a bicycle simulator where you can ride rail tracks), railway-themed science center, library and area for parents with youngest kids
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The edge of the war. World's epicenter of emotions. Kramatorsk train station.
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500 days of war. Our Train to Victory reaches an important milestone today. Yet, no stop here. Moving full steam ahead!
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Dam destraction keeps taking its toll on people, nature, economy. On rail network as well. Tracks damaged today near Nikipol by water. City is under constant shelling, now also in rail isolation. We kick off repairs ASAP and provide bus alternatives for everyone to stay connected
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Today is World Post Day. Our warmest congrats to friends and partners from
@ukrposhta
, true heroes of this war.
We have joint milestones to celebrate: ~6,000 journeys of our
#IronPost
programme with >13,5M parcels delievred.
@smelyansky_igor
and the team, way to go!
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2 years ago the challenge was to mobilize enough rail cars to evacuate people to safety. Today's challenge is to bring world's leaders in the opposite direction - to Kyiv. To stand by Ukraine and Ukrainians, to show that nothing destroys the unity of the free world.
We might
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@rosemaric3
@AKamyshin
Hi! We monitor closely passenger flow and add/remove stops based on that. It's Intercity train and we can't afford the journey time >7h, hence smaller stops ommited (though, there are good regional connections for them). We may add Lubny for test period going forward
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A rare case we are happy passengers have opted to take 🛩 over 🚆 ;)
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It became a wartime tradition: address to the nation with a summary of in important foreign mission right from a train.
We are returning home with a good result for our country, and very importantly, for our warriors. A good reinforcement with weapons.
It is very important: for the first time since independence, we have formed a security foundation for Ukraine on its way to NATO. These are
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