A project for the building of the Donetsk subway will be presented no later than December 20, 2012, Vice Premier and Infrastructure Minister Borys Kolesnikov said at the 5th International Investment Summit in Donetsk on Thursday.

"Ukraine is the only country which has built five airports in 18 months. High-speed trains were launched and today we're working on the development of the Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk and Donetsk overland subway," he said.

As reported, the construction of the subway in Donetsk was started in 1993 and the terms of commissioning of the first stage were continually postponed. The previous project was drawn up 30 years ago in line with the old general plan of the city's development. It is expected that the subway line should connect the airport, the railway station and Donetsk's downtown.