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Ukrainian Railways Offers Tickets To 'De-Occupied Kherson,' Other Putin-Annexed Cities


Ukrainian Railways dedicated this "Victory Train" to the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine and the exploits of Ukrainians in the war with Russia.
Ukrainian Railways dedicated this "Victory Train" to the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine and the exploits of Ukrainians in the war with Russia.

Ukraine's national railways has begun selling tickets for routes between Kyiv and five Ukrainian cities that Russian President Vladimir Putin declared as annexed by Russia in late September as part of a charity drive. The routes that Ukrainian Railways has offered include one to "de-occupied Kherson," which Russian troops were evacuating last week but is still not completely in the hands of Ukrainian troops, as well as Mariupol and regional capitals in Donetsk and Luhansk as well as the Crimean capital, Simferopol. To read the original story, click here.

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