From March 28, passenger rail traffic between the capital of Finland, Helsinki, and Russian St. Petersburg will become impossible.< /p>
On Monday, March 28, passenger rail service between the Helsinki capital of Finland and the Russian city of St. Petersburg will cease, the Finnish state railway company reported, Bloomberg writes.
This is the last rail route between Russia and the European Union .
The border between the two countries can be crossed by car. Tens of thousands have left Russia since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine began. Many of them arrived in countries that were part of the USSR before its collapse, as well as in Turkey.
The railway connection from Helsinki was the easiest way to get to the EU.
Recall that Ukrainians can to use one of the legal statuses provided for by international protection in the EU countries – they can receive temporary protection or refugee status. Let's find out together with TSN.ua what is the difference between temporary protection and refugee status.
According to the UN, more than 3 million Ukrainians have left the country since the beginning of the war. 90 percent of those who left Ukraine are women and children.
If you are going to a country of the European Union, which status to choose – temporary protection or refugee, what you need to do to get the appropriate asylum, how long you can stay in this status and other useful information in the material TSN.ua.
