Despite the full-scale war, Kyiv has continued the renewal of its public transport fleet. From 2022 to 2026, the city acquired new buses, trams, and trolleybuses using international loans and the city budget. The total cost of purchases amounts to billions of hryvnias and tens of millions of euros. This is reported by Glavcom, referencing the response from KP 'Kyivpastrans'.
What public transport Kyiv purchased in 2022-2026
The largest project was the renewal of the bus fleet using credit funds from the European Investment Bank. During 2025-2026, Kyiv received 85 low-floor Isuzu Citiport 12 buses manufactured in Turkey. Along with accompanying services, this purchase cost 18.6 million euros.
Within the same project, the city received 19 low-floor trams K1T306 produced by the company 'Tatra-Yug'. They were delivered in 2022-2023, and the contract sum was 24.9 million euros. Additionally, in 2025, Kyiv separately purchased another eight such trams with city budget funds. The cost of this purchase amounted to 768.9 million hryvnias.
At the beginning of 2026, 'Kyivpastrans' also signed a contract for the supply of 16 new low-floor trolleybuses PTS T12309. The total amount of the contract after adjustments is 303.5 million hryvnias. Half of the vehicles are already operating on the capital's routes.
Purchase of trolleybuses for Kyiv: why questions arose regarding the tender
The tender for new trolleybuses became the most resonant. Journalists noted that Kyiv purchased the PTS T12309 model at a higher price than other Ukrainian cities. After this, the State Audit Office checked the procurement.
During the monitoring, auditors found that even before the bidding took place, 'Kyivpastrans' had a commercial offer from the future winner at a lower price. According to the State Audit Office, the potential overpayment could have amounted to 2.74 million hryvnias.
After the audit, the parties signed an additional agreement, reducing the contract amount by exactly this difference. As a result, the final cost of the purchase was 303.5 million hryvnias.
The winner of the tender was 'Politekhnoservis'. One of its co-owners is Konstantin Vorushilin, who previously worked as a top manager for the 'Bohdan' corporation and headed the Deposit Guarantee Fund. At the same time, the 'Bohdan Motors' corporation, which was one of the main suppliers of public transport for Kyiv before the full-scale war, ceased operations in June 2026 after bankruptcy.
It is worth noting that emergency rescue operations have been completed in the Darnytskyi district of Kyiv following a hit on a 16-story residential building. As a result of the Russian attack on July 2, 31 people died, and 102 were injured.