Ukraine conducts dialogues with the self-proclaimed Luhansk people's Republic on the possibility of purchasing coal, said the head of the Council of Ministers LNR Gennady Tsepkalo.
"The fact that they (Ukraine) are now conversations about the purchase. This in fact is there. But as long as Ukraine is not ready to recognize us as a business partner. We are prepared to lead on such information dialogues, ? said Tsepkalo.
according to his statement, the official Kiev is obliged to understand that LNR another state, partner state, RIA " Novosti "." We are ready to cooperate, ready to sell, ready to sell coal to those who need it, to the advantage of our country", - has noticed Tsepkalo. Yesterday the Plenipotentiary Commissioner of the Luhansk national Republic in Minsk talks Vladislav Danego said that Ukraine in the heating season can freeze, refusing Donbass coal. Before that, in the absence of coal Ukraine's largest private energy holding DTEK, controlled by businessman Rinat Akhmetov, has stopped working Prydniprovska TPP. On the last working day of the week the head of Ukrainian government Arseniy Yatsenyuk said about the critical situation in the energy sector of the country, noting that the Ministry of energy and the organization is not ready to supply people warm this winter. On 10 July, the Minister of energy and coal industry of Ukraine Volodymyr demchyshyn said that the completion of preparations for the heating season in Ukraine is not enough resources for the purchase of natural gas and coal. According to the calculations of the Ukrainian energy Ministry, by winter, the country should stock up on stock of 1, 2?1, 3 million tons of coal. At the moment Ukraine has managed to garner 1, 6 million tons of coal.

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