Donbas invaders mulling passenger trains to Moscow, St. Petersburg

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Donbas occupiers are planning to launch railway passenger traffic to Russia's Moscow and St. Petersburg from the occupied parts of Ukraine's Donetsk region.

Leader of the so-called "Donetsk People's Republic", Denis Pushilin, said such a railway service might be launched in the near future, but he did not give a specific date and route, a Russian news agency TASS.

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As UNIAN reported earlier, Russia-backed forces thwarted efforts to dismantle fortifications at the disengagement area near the village of Stanytsia Luhanska, as well as blocked bridge repairs.