Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways), Ukraine’s state railway company, can no longer subsidize loss-making passenger transport through revenues from freight operations, as it has lost 49% of its freight traffic between 2021 and 2025. The company is proposing a 41.5% increase in freight tariffs next year, to be implemented in two stages, and is requesting budgetary support, said Serhiy Leschenko, Deputy Chairman of Ukrzaliznytsia’s Supervisory Board.