to continuing underfunding and inability to finish a first line in time for Euro 2012. In 2012 the Vice-Prime-Minister Borys Kolesnikov stated that Ukrzaliznytsia was to start to work on the project of ground-level metro in Donetsk. The goal was to open the first line of metro no later than December 2014. The work on the metro line has completely stopped in 2014 due to War in Donbass. In December 2014, the Donetsk People's Republic set up a commission to discuss the future of the Donetsk metro. The war has greatly compromised most of economic projects that were planned in the Donetsk area due to the chronic socio-economical instability it triggered. It was reported in 2022 that the incompleted metro communications were at risk of flooding from the sealed coal mines. Hence, their construction was suspended for an indefinite time The original project The first underground line of the system, which will carry the name Proletarsko-Kyivs'ka Line (), is to be long and have six stations: Proletars'ka (Пролетарська), Chumakovs'ka (Чумаковська), Chervone Mistechko (Червоне містечко), Mushketovs'ka (Мушкетовська), Livoberezhna (Лiвобережна), and Politechnichnyi Institut (Полiтехнiчний iнститут). The system's red line, Proletarsko-Kyivska, is planned to extend with 15 stations. Additionally, the blue line, Shakhtarsko-Makiyivs'ka Line (), is planned to extend . Finally, the green line, Petrovs'ko-Chervonohvardiyska Line (), is to have 14 stations. In its final stage, the Donetsk Metro is planned to be long, with a total of 46 stations. References External links metro.donetsk.ua - Unofficial Donetsk metro website Metro Underground rapid transit in Ukraine Proposed public transport in Ukraine Cancelled rapid transit lines and systems