Ukraine and Moldova signed an agreement about the construction of a bridge on the Ukraine-Moldova border, linking the settlements of Yampil and Cosăuţi, Ednews reports citing Pravda.
The agreement was signed by Oleksandr Kubrakov, Vice Prime-Minister of Rebuilding of Ukraine, Minister of Development of Hromadas, Territories and Infrastructure of Ukraine, and Lilia Dabija, Minister of Infrastructure and Regional Development of Moldova (hromada is an administrative territorial unit including a town or village and adjacent.
Signing this agreement basically prolongs the agreements, reached in 2021 by presidents of Ukraine and Moldova.
The full-scale Russian invasion slowed the implementation of the project but the critical necessity for the development of alternative logistic routes makes the project of the Yampil Bridge non-alternative.
"The bridge will become the key element of the transport corridor between Kyiv and Chisinau. In addition to this, the bridge will become the shortest route from Ukraine's centre to the countries of Central and South-Eastern Europe with a detour of the Russia-occupied Transnistriia for the Ukrainian exporters," – Kubrakov explained.