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Ukrzaliznytsia undertakes this year to fully provide militaries with special wagons for accompanying echelons, Acting Ukrzaliznytsia Board Chairman Yevhen Kravtsov has said, when presenting the cars reequipped for transporting militaries, in Kyiv.

“Today we are presenting new wagons for accompanying military echelons. Over a year ago, the state leadership set a task to significantly improve the conditions of transportation of our militaries while accompanying echelons,” he said.

According to Kravtsov, technical cars (refrigerators) were reequipped into special wagons for accompanying echelons.

“Everything was done by the forces of Ukrzaliznytsia at its enterprises. The cost of re-equipment of one car was Hr 250,000. Today 15 cars have been converted,” he said.

This year it is planned to re-equip another 15 cars to fully meet the military’s transportation needs.