At that time he had just taken over as the Minister of Strategic Industries, after having done an extraordinary job keeping the Ukrainian rail system running during the first few months after the full-scale invasion. In his job overseeing Ukrainian railways through the worst moments of the full-scale invasion, Kamyshin not only kept Kyiv linked to the outside world, he helped knit together all Ukrainian cities. Since then the Ukrainian railways have played a massive role keeping Ukraine in the fight. This was the ministry of strategic industries, which has as its remit the establishment of a homegrown Ukrainian war industry to make the most important equipment Ukraine needs to fight the war. [...] “The whole country should rely on the railways,” Kamyshin said.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 08, 2024 05:30 UTC