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Kherson rail network will be operational ‘in days’

The head of Ukraine's railway has vowed to have trains running to and from the city of Kherson in the next days.

Kherson was the only regional capital to be captured by Russia since the February invasion of Ukraine. The region, along with three others, was proclaimed by President Vladimir Putin to be part of Russia in September. But Kherson was recently liberated by Ukrainian troops.

Alexander Kamyshin is the CEO of state-owned Ukrainian Railways. He told Newsday: “We are working on demining and track management”, adding that the system would shortly be operational: “It’s about days, it’s not about weeks.”

(Picture: Shows the aftermath of a Russian rocket attack on part of the rail network in Kharkiv on September 28th 2022. Credit: Scott Peterson / Getty Images.)

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