KYIV, Aug 13 – Ukraine's railway operator, Ukrzaliznytsia, has completed the first stage of negotiations with GE Transportation of the United States about the acquisition of the next batch of locomotives, the company said in a statement on its website.

"General Electric production is loaded, we need to adjust to their schedule. Now we are discussing the supply of 20 to 40 locomotives," the statement quotes CEO of Ukrzaliznytsia Yevhen Kravtsov as saying.