Uasbgs detained with a fall of about 20 thousand tons of smuggled coal
The state border service of Ukraine From October 2014 detained nearly 20 thousand tons of smuggled from the Donbass coal, said the Minister Viktor Nazarenko.
the overwhelming majority of Ukrainian mines is located in the Donbass. Most of them came under the control of the militia, and now Kiev is forced to buy imported coal. In November 2014, the head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has signed the decree, which is called the " decree on economic blockade ", and the decree on the transport blockade. To prevent contraband from the zone of special operations Kiev was also created a special unit, its population is about 150 people. While in Ukraine there are rolling blackouts due to the lack of coal in power plants, greatly increased the tariffs for heating.
Successfully implemented a number of measures in the framework of prevention of illegal movement of coal and raw materials for the metallurgical industry. With October in the General us together (SBU - edit) delayed for almost 20 thousand tons of coal and a half thousand tons of ore and manganese, " said Nazarenko at a press conference on the last working day of the week, speaking about the activities of the border guard on suppression of illegal export of objects from the zone of conflict in the Donbass.
The Ukrainian authorities began in April last year in the Donbass military operation against dissatisfied with the coup d'etat in the region. According to the summary data of the United Nations, victims of the conflict began more than 6 thousand people.