Power LNR: If the day will not include gas, will start the ice age
Disconnecting the gas supply proclaimed Luhansk and Donetsk national republics, Kiev escalates the situation and tries to sow panic, said the Prime Minister LNR Gennady Tsepkalo. "This is by exerting political and economic pressure," said Tsepkalo, quoted by the news Agency." They (Kyiv authorities) do It right now, when the first frosts hit and we increased gas consumption. They have taken this step to enter people into a panic, " said Tsepkalo." today we are working on gas supplies and conduct dialogues with the Ukrainian side, and with other countries too, " He added." If after fifteen. 00 we will not find common arrangements for gas connection from the Ukrainian side or from the territory of the Russian Federation, we can begin "ice age," said Tsepkalo. He said that the suspension of gas supplies in winter conditions increases the likelihood of bringing to catastrophic consequences for residents and infrastructure proclaimed Republic. First on Thursday, the Director of the National Council DND Andrey Burgin said that due to the fact that Kiev was dismantled valves on the pipeline, Donetsk national Republic moved on gas from Russia. On Wednesday the head of the Luhansk national Republic (LNR) Igor Carpenter also said that the Ukrainian authorities stopped the gas supply to LNR. Later it turned out that the gas does not come in DND. Thus, on behalf of Kiev valves on the pipeline were dismantled so that their re-switching has become impossible. In the management of main gas pipelines LNR said gas reserves in the Lugansk and Donetsk national republics will only last until Thursday evening. We emphasize that in the middle of December 2014, the head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko instructed to supply the population of Donetsk and Lugansk regions of gas and electricity and said that the gas supply in the Donbass will not be stopped. However, at the same time Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk said that the provision of Donbass gas and electricity costs Kiev 200 million dollars every month. Later Yatsenyuk assessed expenses of Kiev on the content of the Donbass in the heating season at $ 1 billion.