The Ministry of transport: DNR resumed deliveries of coal to Ukraine only for DTEK
The self-proclaimed Donetsk people's Republic resumed deliveries of coal for the Ukrainian company DTEK in exchange for electricity Zuevskaya TPP, said the Minister of transport DND semen Kuzmenko.
"We have restored DTEK, because he supplies our Zuevskaya thermal power plant which provides power system of the country. It's kind of a barter exchange ", - quoted him as saying by the Donetsk news Agency.
Kuzmenko explained to the Agency that Zuevskaya TPP "sharpened" under a certain brand of coal, which are not produced within the DNR.
they say that PJSC "DTEK Pavlogradugol" supplies coal to Zuevskaya TPP, instead of DND are anthracite coal to other businesses of the organization." DTEK has made an advance payment, and the first batch of anthracite coal went, 100-150 cars ", - said the head of Ministry of transport of the Republic.
Thus Kuzmenko noticed that the DNR is forced to go on This contract only in the interests of the Republic." To his energy not to damage. We're not Ukraine, which harms to itself ", - he explained.
The Minister of transport of the Republic added that For the time being dialogues on coal supply to other Ukrainian enterprises.
first it was claimed that the Ministry of transport DND has denied the statement of Kiev about the restoration of supplies of coal from the Republic.
Ukraine due to the conflict in the Donbass lost the vast number of mines. On beyond the control of Kiev remained the most profitable mines, and companies, remaining under the control of the authorities of Ukraine, produce unprofitable coal gas. Delivery of coal from the combat zone is difficult because of the destroyed infrastructure, for example, due to the destruction by explosion of the railway.
The Ukrainian authorities in April last year began military action against the self-proclaimed LNR and DND. According to the summary data of the UN, the victims of the conflict began almost 8 thousand people. The settlement of the situation in the Donbass is discussed, as well as among them, during meetings in Minsk contact group, which since September of last year already took 3 of the document governing the steps to de-escalate the conflict.