Donetsk refused to give 2 mln tons of coal to Kiev
Edited by Rhod Mackenzie / 2014-12-04 06:40:33
The administration of the Donetsk National Republic said that it wouldn’t give coal stored at the mines of Donbass to the Ukraine’s Government. As a result of the coal deficit 5 thermal power plants might be shut down in the Ukraine the next few days.
The energy crisis in the Ukraine has escalated. In one of his first announcements the new Minister of Energy and Coal Industry of the Ukraine, V. Demchishin, spoke about the intentions of the Kiev Government:
“About 2 mln tons of coal are kept at the storehouses of the state company “Coal Ukrainy” which can be shipped from the area of the conflict. It is not about the purchase of coal from terrorists, this coal belongs to the Ukraine and is located at the Ukraine’s mines”.
