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The Mariupol-Donetsk motorway, where 12 people were killed in an attack on a passenger bus on Jan. 13, has reopened to traffic, the Donetsk region administration said in a press release on Jan. 16.

“The regional administration’s industrial development department has announced that all buses traveling along the Mariupol road have reached their destinations. The motorway is functioning as usual at the moment. Motorists do not have to use any detours,” it said.

In other areas, passenger bus services are operating as usual, using transport corridors determined by the headquarters of the Ukrainian army operation.