USAID’s Economic Resilience Activity (ERA) is actively enhancing the operational capacity of Ukraine’s railway border crossing points (BCPs) with Romania and Moldova. To improve the country’s logistics infrastructure, USAID ERA has supplied generators and ICT equipment, streamlining cargo processing and speeding up freight flows at these crucial railway BCPs.
ERA delivered 34 units of ICT equipment, including printers, computers, laptops, and uninterruptible power supplies (UPS), to the railway BCPs at Reni, Kuchurhan (in Odesa Oblast), and Vadul Siret (in Chernivtsi Oblast). This equipment will help optimize cargo handling and improve administrative operations at these transport hubs.
Additionally, ERA provided one 6 kW petrol generator and two 17.6 kW diesel generators to the Kuchurhan rail BCP, along with three 17.5 kW diesel generators to the Reni rail BCP. These generators ensure uninterrupted operations during power outages. Ukrainian Railways (UZ) covered the costs of building protective canopies for the equipment.
Earlier, ERA supplied similar ICT equipment and generators to railway BCPs on Ukraine’s western border, including those at Yahodyn, Mostyska, and Chop.
Between 2023 and 2026, USAID, through ERA, is committing $115 million to directly support the Government of Ukraine. This funding will assist the Ministry for Communities, Territories, and Infrastructure Development (Ministry for Restoration), the State Agency for Restoration and Development of Infrastructure, the State Customs Service, and Ukrainian Railways (UZ) in modernizing 42 of Ukraine’s BCPs.