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=== Transport === {{main|Transport in Ukraine}} [[File:Скоростной поезд "Хендай".jpg|alt=HRCS2 unit|thumb|[[HRCS2 multiple unit]]. [[Ukrainian Railways|Rail transport]] is heavily utilised in Ukraine.]] Many roads and bridges were destroyed, and international maritime travel was blocked by the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.<ref name="auto4"/> Before that it was mainly through the [[Port of Odesa]], from where ferries sailed regularly to [[Istanbul]], [[Varna, Bulgaria|Varna]] and [[Haifa]]. The largest ferry company operating these routes was [[UkrFerry|Ukrferry]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ukrferry.com/ |title=Судоходная компания Укрферри. Морские паромные перевозки на Черном Море между Украиной, Грузией, Турцией и Болгарией |publisher=Ukrferry.com |access-date=30 December 2010}}</ref> There are over {{convert|1600|km|mi|abbr=on|sigfig=1|round=}} of [[Navigability|navigable]] waterways on 7 rivers, mostly on the [[Danube]], [[Dnieper]] and [[Pripyat (river)|Pripyat]]. All Ukraine's rivers freeze over in winter, limiting navigation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.segodnya.ua/news/14338802.html |title=Киевскую дамбу может разрушить только метеорит или война — Эксперт |website=segodnya.ua |access-date=15 June 2022 |archive-date=19 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219112757/http://www.segodnya.ua/news/14338802.html |url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Rail transport in Ukraine|Ukraine's rail network]] connects all major urban areas, port facilities and [[Manufacturing|industrial centres]]. The heaviest concentration of [[railway track]] is the [[Donbas]] region.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Ukraine/Resources-and-power |title=Ukraine – Resources and power | Britannica |website=britannica.com}}</ref> Although [[rail freight transport]] fell in the 1990s, Ukraine is still one of the [[rail usage statistics by country|world's highest rail users]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://permanent.access.gpo.gov/lps3997/9510uktn.htm |title=Transportation in Ukraine |access-date=22 December 2007 |website=U.S. Government Printing Office}}</ref> [[Ukraine International Airlines]], is the [[flag carrier]] and the largest [[airline]], with its head office in [[Kyiv]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=UIA Contacts |url=https://www.flyuia.com/ua/en/contacts |access-date=11 March 2023 |website=FlyUIA |language=en |archive-date=9 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170209163723/http://www.flyuia.com/eng/company/ukraine-international-airlines/Contacts.html |url-status=dead}}</ref> and its main hub at Kyiv's [[Boryspil International Airport]]. It operated domestic and international passenger flights and cargo services to Europe, the Middle East, the United States,<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web |title=Ukraine International Airlines launches direct Kyiv–New York flights |url=https://www.kyivpost.com/content/business/ukraine-international-airlines-launches-direct-kyiv-new-york-city-flights-350928.html |access-date=24 April 2015 |website=KyivPost |date=6 June 2014}}</ref> Canada,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Liu |first=Jim |date=29 November 2017 |title=Ukraine International plans Toronto launch in June 2018 |work=Routesonline |url=https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/275955/ukraine-international-plans-toronto-launch-in-june-2018/ |access-date=29 November 2017}}</ref> and Asia.
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