Russian President Vladimir Putin opened the tram service in Mariupol. Attended the event via video conference. says On the Kremlin website. The head of the country was in St. Petersburg together with the St. Petersburg governor Alexander Beglov.
Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin, Deputy Head of DPR Denis Pushilin and Mayor of Mariupol Oleg Morgun also attended the event.
“Today, more than 10 kilometers of runways are opened. Of course, this is only a small part, because in total there were almost a hundred kilometers of tram lines in the city. But this is only the beginning, the first phase of work in this area,” he said.
According to him, the restoration of the city is being done at great speed and results have already been obtained.
“Next, we will develop the city’s transport infrastructure as a whole, including increasing the number of routes, updating the long-outdated public transport fleet,” said the Russian president.
The President is responsible for the repair of tram tracks in St. He noted that the Petersburg government was responsible. He expressed his gratitude to the regions supporting the country’s new subjects. “There is much to be done to continue with normal life and recovery,” the politician added.
Putin described the sound of the tram as one of the symbols of the revival of peaceful life in Mariupol.
One of the residents of besieged Leningrad agreed with such a definition, voiced by Elena Tikhomirova, the head of the public organization “Residents of Besieged Leningrad”.
“During the blockade, the sound of the tram we bought when the first tram was put into service will be heard here as well. “That’s very good because it says life is getting better and back to normal,” he said.
“You just said very important words: “The sound of the tram is a symbol of the rebirth of life.” So it was in besieged Leningrad. Apparently, it’s no coincidence that you remember this now. The same is happening with new issues of the Federation,” replied the Russian President.
According to Tikhomirova, she came to Mariupol with other veterans (there were four at the event): “We were pleased to see how the city has changed. Of course, it left a terrible impression on us! All these days of our blockade are remembered – just as our city was destroyed, the same destruction is taking place here, ”he said.
The President of Russia also spoke in St. Petersburg State Unitary Enterprise “Gorelectrotrans” to Valentin Kuzminsky. The man remembered how trams began to work in Leningrad after the blockade was lifted.
“And now we are faced with the fact that we also have to see how the trams, which are trapped in lethargy, will start to move so that the neighborhood is happy, the tram lines move away from each other, develop and everyone is comfortable. Happy. So the tram of a happy journey!” Kuzminsky wished.
At the ceremony of the reopening of tram traffic in Mariupol, Russian President Vladimir Putin noted that despite all difficulties, housing, roads, social facilities, energy facilities were repaired and industrial and rural production was established in the Zaporizhia, Kherson regions, as well as in the DPR and LPR. Putin promised that the Russian authorities will actively seek the return of peaceful normal life to the new regions.
Speaking about the development plans of the city, the President of Russia St. He also listened to the reports of Petersburg Governor Beglov and Russian Deputy Prime Minister Khusnullin.
According to a St.Petersburg official, St.Petersburg plans to invite schoolchildren from Mariupol to the Scarlet Sails holiday. Khusnullin reported that by the end of 2023 the main roads in the city will be repaired and plans to return 70 km to the canvas.
At the end of last year, the President of the Russian Federation instructed the Cabinet of Ministers of the Russian Federation. The ministers had to prepare a program for the socio-economic development of the new regions so that the issues reach the all-Russian level by 2023.
According to the plan, they should be “one with the whole country” on key economic, social and governance issues.
After the results of the referendum, at the end of September, the new territories became part of Russia. Mariupol came under Russian control in April 2022 during a Russian special operation in Ukraine. Part of the grouping of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was blocked in the industrial zone of the Azovstal plant. On May 20, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced the capture of about 2.5 thousand Ukrainian soldiers.