Ukraine will not pay for the supply of electricity from Russia to the borders of Donetsk and Lugansk national republics, said the Acting Director of the NPC "Ukrenergo" Yuri Kasich.
"Flows from the Russian Federation to uncontrolled areas. We see them and We know about them, but in the calculations, they are not taken into account. The Russian side warned about the fact that these five lines and We do not consider to pay for this electricity to Ukraine will not "- he said " Interfax ".



Kasich also said that the Luhansk TPP since last year working in isolation from the main part of the IPS of Ukraine, and Flows between the site and Zuevskaya TPP with a minimum of IPS of Ukraine. At the end of April, the head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko in a TV interview said that Ukraine, as if it continues to provide electricity to the territory of Donbass, which are under the control of militias. On April 21, the Commissioner of the Ministry of coal and energy of the DND said that the Donetsk national Republic does not buy power neither Ukraine, nor Russia, but uses only the one that produces itself. 20 April in Kyiv told that the authorities of Ukraine ceased to pay for the supply of electricity from Russia in the "zone ATO" from April 10. In February 2015 the Ministry of energy of Ukraine announced the list of 19 facilities that are beyond the control of Kiev on the territory of Donbass, which stopped the payment for the produced electricity. In the list among other hit Zuevskaya TPP and was Donbasenergo starobeshivska TPP. Remember, Russia has agreed from December 26 to supply electricity and coal, without waiting for payment, so saving Ukraine from energokatastrofy.

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