Earlier this month, Ukraine opened its first European-gauge railway, hailed by Kyiv and Brussels as a ‘window to Europe’ and a leap in EU integration. But Ukrainian rail expert Boris Ganaylyuk warns the line running near Hungary and Slovakia risks being a ‘strategic dead end,’ doing more to complicate logistics unless its symbolism is matched by real network integration.

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