Blockade pushes Ukrainian enterprises to buy coal in Russia.
Blockade of coal supplies from the uncontrolled part of Donbass disadvantageous to Ukrainebecause Ukrainian forces enterprises to purchase coal in Russia.
The Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman said in an interview with TV channel “Real time”, writes Radio Liberty.
“I held a big meeting with the Ukrainian metallurgists – 17% of industrial production of the country, 25% of foreign exchange earnings, is a strong sector of our economy. And when you just blocked the path of Ukrainian mineral resources, today metallurgists say that you can get the required coal from two sources: it is either America or Russia,” – he said.
“Today the blockade is driving enterprises to buy coal in Russia,” he said Groisman.
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We will remind, the railway blockade in the Donbass continued for almost a month. Trains with coal from militant-controlled territories do not miss dobrobiti – I consider it unacceptable to trade with the invaders. Their requirement is not only to stop the trade, but also to formally consolidate the territories that they control the aggressor, the status of the occupied.
In particular, 28 Feb MP Vladimir Parasyuk reported the assault the redoubt in the village Scherbynivka, Toretsky near the Donetsk region. Subsequently, the staff reported one wounded.
The assault lasted about the same time when the Cabinet was made by the interior Minister Arsen Avakov. He, among other things, requested authority for the lifting of the blockade of the occupied Donbass.
People’s Deputy semen Semenchenko in response to the words of Avakov said: “I think by the time were Avakov would be the information that and use firearms for power protection, this would be a great excuse to blame the veteransto blame the fact that they’re shooting at local residents and to take action. But the reticence of the veterans have helped this scenario to avoid it.”