Donetsk court decides to recover millions from Russia for damages
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Sun, 04 May 2025 17:05:55 +0300

Donetsk court orders Russia to compensate Ukrainian firm for lossesThis is indicated by the court decision of April 24.In general, it is said that 4 years ago, Transsystem leased 6 wagons to VKTS LLC for the transportation of various types of cargo, in addition to hot pellets, hot granulated slag, sulfur, and clay.What is important to understand is that after Russias fullscale invasion of Ukraine, the wagons remained in the occupied territory.According to Ukrzaliznytsia, the stations of the last deployment of the wagons are Inzhenerne, Melitopol, MariupolSortuivlny, Volnovakha, VelykoAnadol, which are located in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.
2 years ago, Transsystema sold the wagons to VKTS LLC.
The Transsystem railcar company believes that as of February 24, 2022, as a result of the armed aggression of the Russian Federation, it was deprived of the opportunity to operate railcars under concluded lease agreements to make a profit, because they were located in the occupied territory in the Donetsk and Zaporizhia regions.
Against this background, the company suffered losses in the form of lost profits in the amount of UAH 3.26 million.The court sided with the plaintiff and ordered the recovery of the amount of lost profits from the Russian Federation, represented by the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, in favor of LLC Wagon Company Transsystema.
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