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In short, this is not true and looks like a typical example of scam. Residents of Donetsk can go by bus only to Russia, for example, to Rostov-on-Don (the ticket price is about 13 Euro). From Russia, it is possible to fly or go by bus to Turkey.

A Ukrainian citizen just needs a valid international bio-metric passport to enter the EU without a visa, usually it is issued in Ukraine or via Ukrainian embassies/consulates abroad. It can't be done in Donetsk or Russia.

As we receive similar requests almost every day, our advice is not to send any help to a person in Ukraine, especially in parts of Ukraine controlled by Russia (in this case, in our experience, the chance that this "person" is a scammer is close to 100%), before you are absolutely sure that this person is real.

This is 100% scam. As of January 2024, Donetsk is controlled by Russia. This means that there are no direct transport links between this city and other Ukrainian cities controlled by the Ukrainian government (Kyiv). The frontline can't be crossed by civilians, there are no checkpoints.

Anyone who says that there are buses, taxis, private cars running from Donetsk across the frontline are lying. The only way to leave Donetsk for a real person is to go to Russia at first, for example, to Rostov-on-Don. From Russia, it is possible to fly to Istanbul, Turkey, for example, or enter the Baltic countries or even return to Ukraine via Kolotylivka-Pokrovka checkpoint in Sumy Oblast, the only one border crossing, which is open.

As we receive similar requests almost every day, our advice is not to send any help to a person in Ukraine, especially in parts of Ukraine controlled by Russia (in this case, in our experience, the chance that this "person" is a scammer is close to 100%), before you are absolutely sure that this person is real. Otherwise you are doing it at your risk.

As of May 2023, there is no regular transport connection (taxi, buses, trains) between Donetsk and Kramatorsk, as this means crossing the most active sector of the front. Anyone who claims otherwise is just lying to you. Please be very careful when financially helping people from Ukraine, especially when it comes to those parts of the country that are controlled by Russia. In our experience, these are almost always scammers.

As of April 2023, there are no direct transport links between Donetsk and Kyiv (buses, trains, taxis, etc.) as this means crossing the front line. As we receive similar requests almost every day, our advice is not to send any help to a person in Ukraine, especially in parts of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions controlled by Russia like in your case, before you are absolutely sure that this person is real, a couple of photos can't be proof. At least talk to this person multiple times with a webcam turned on. Otherwise you are doing it at your risk.

Currently, taxi services continue to be provided in Ternopil, the fare for trips outside the city starts from 10 hryvnia per 1 km, the distance from Ternopil to Lviv is 134 km, so the cost of the trip starts from about 1,300 hryvnia (35 USD). At the same time, there are regular passenger buses running between Ternopil and Lviv, travel time is 2-3 hours, ticket price - 3 USD.

The average taxi fare from the railway station of Odessa to the city center is about 40-50 Ukrainian Hryvnias (2 USD). I think it would be better to arrange the transfer from the hotel. It will be more reliable and most probably cheaper.

The cost of the trip is about 30-50 USD.

I have checked several sites, the average cost is 7 Ukrainian Hryvnias per 1 km (the distance between Odessa and Nikolaev is 150 km). The the round trip will cost about 2100 Hryvnias or 100 USD.

The taxi cost from Donetsk airport to Gorlovka is about 20-25 USD.

The distance between Donetsk and Artemovsk is about 100 km. The price of the taxi services varies (2-3 Ukrainian hryvnas per km). So the price will be about 30-40 USD.

According to the following site the taxi from Donetsk to Lugansk costs 480 Hryvnas or about 60 USD. This service to translate from Russian.

The cost of the taxi from Kharkov to Poltava is about 60-70 USD (May 2011). It will take about 1,5 hours (140 km).

It will cost you about 480 Hryvnas (about 60 USD). The price is actual for April 2011.

I have found the following list of Khmelnitsky taxi services. The info is on Russian but you can translate it by using the following service.