No reason has been given for the order which removed Dmytro Barinov from the post he had occupied from last September, Ukrainian News reported.

Oleksandr Kravchenko, a former chief executive of the German-Ukrainian firm Deutsch-Ukrainische Verkehrs (DUV), has been appointed as interim CEO.

This is pending a financial audit of the company, which has not yet been scheduled.

The state-owned operator posted profit of UAH 14.47m