# Ukraine faces railway disaster amid locomotive shortage, lawmaker says

https://mins.news/en/item/87690

- TASS, 2026-10-06 09:32 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/world/2198013

> Ukrainian lawmaker Anna Skorokhod said the country’s railway sector faces a disaster as locomotive reserves dwindle. She warned that failure to act soon could create major problems. Officials have described a critical shortage and said more than 600 locomotives had been lost since February 2022; the government has allowed Ukrzaliznytsia to buy used traction stock without standard tenders.

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