Dmytro Kuleba said on Facebook that Ukraine and Poland have agreed partnership priorities that put modernization of transport and border infrastructure at the center of preparations for the Ukraine Recovery Conference 2026.
Kuleba named development of railway and road connections, increasing border crossing capacity and expanding logistics corridors between Ukraine and the European Union as specific priorities, and he said special attention is being paid to the modernization of three border crossing points: Yahodyn-Dorohusk, Rava-Ruska-Hrebenne and Krakivets-Korczowa.
The announcement comes as the Ukraine Recovery Conference is set to take place in Gdansk on June 25-26, when Poland and Ukraine are expected to sign an intergovernmental agreement that working groups have negotiated for several months.
"This is not only about the economy or logistics – it is a matter of the resilience of our states, the stability of transport corridors, and Ukraine's integration into the European market," Kuleba wrote, framing the transport work as part of wartime resilience and broader integration goals.
For the first time at the conference, organizers will hold an Infrastructure Platform as a separate venue dedicated to discussing major transport and infrastructure projects and to attracting private sector participation in their implementation, a step Kuleba highlighted in his post.
He also said the Ministry for Communities and Territories Development will be responsible for the Local and Regional Dimension track at the conference, a track dedicated to community resilience, local self-government development and the practical experience of Ukrainian regions during the war.
Kuleba emphasized the strategic importance of transport cooperation between Ukraine and Poland during wartime and made an explicit appeal to business: "We are interested in broad involvement of Polish business in Ukraine's reconstruction, including through new cooperation mechanisms in the G2G format and implementation of joint public-private partnership projects," he wrote.
The timeline is tight. Working groups have spent several months negotiating the intergovernmental agreement, and officials expect the text to be finalized and signed during the Gdansk meeting on June 25-26.
That gap — months of negotiation followed by an expectation of signing on the conference floor — is the friction at the heart of the story: months of detailed work will be tested by the political and logistical realities of converting priorities into a formal agreement and then into on-the-ground projects tied to three named border crossings and to broader transport corridors.
The practical test will arrive in Gdansk. If Poland and Ukraine sign the intergovernmental agreement as expected, the Infrastructure Platform and the Local and Regional Dimension track will become the immediate mechanisms for translating the listed priorities into proposals, private sector interest and, ultimately, projects at Yahodyn-Dorohusk, Rava-Ruska-Hrebenne and Krakivets-Korczowa.
