Ukrzaliznytsia Board Chairman Wojciech Balczun has criticized and denied some statements and information in mass media about him and his job performance.

At a press conference devoted to Ukrzaliznytsia in Kyiv on Thursday he said that from the beginning of his work in Ukraine his goal was to settle serious problems Ukrzaliznytsia really has, without any plans to join any conflicts and political disputes.

"A week ago I promised that I would not comment on the statements pouring the mass media. I live well, as I do not have time to read them thoroughly. However, my team read them attentively and I would have to react to them today," he said.

Balczun recalled that he won the tender to select Ukrzaliznytsia head and heard in the past six months that the only person who really believed in him was Infrastructure Minister Volodymyr Omelyan.

"In the past week I learnt that it was in a different way," he said.

He said that his salary arouses many emotions – UAH 463,000 a month.

In a presentation spread by Balczun at the press conference it was said that salary of Ukrzaliznytsia head is regulated by government resolution No. 859 of May 1999.

He said that he and Ukrzaliznytsia board members live in Poland.

"We have our families, children there. I fly to Ukraine on Monday morning and leave for Poland late on Friday... It is normal and usual work," he said.

He also criticized questions about his concerts in Chemia rock group.

"The issue of arguments about my concerts is lower than any acceptable standards. Do I ask anyone what he is doing in his spare time? Someone goes fishing to have a rest on Saturday, another one collects postage stamps, anther one is running, while I am playing and not going to quit," he said.