Chapter proclaimed Donetsk national Republic Alexander Zakharchenko said that Ukraine " by any means " purchasing of coal produced in the area of DND.
" for our Coal Ukraine is ready to pay all: honor, dignity, pride. To freeze the population of Ukraine, of course, do not want, for this reason, the Ukrainian government by any means buying our Coal. And this despite the fact that it leads to us the war, " said Alexander Zakharchenko, whose words are on the Internet office of the press center DND." 55% of coal is placed on our territory, about 20% of the electricity produced on their own. We are able to provide themselves with coal And electricity ", - noted the Head of DND. At the end of December 2014 chief Petro Poroshenko at the final press conference said that the Ukrainian authorities are ready to buy Coal at uncontrolled territories of Kiev Donbass. Before the Minister of energy of Ukraine Volodymyr Demchyshyn said that, despite the lack of fuel, Kiev is not going to buy the Coal from the militia. The Ukrainian authorities have plans just to export 2 million tons of fuel from the Donbass. According to him, this Coal is placed in the warehouses of the Ukrainian state company " Coal of Ukraine ". However, the Ministry of fuel and energy complex DND told that it was not going to give Coal. According to their statements, it will be sold, the money will be spent on wages of miners who Kyiv does not pay since the summer. Later, on 19 December, the Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk said that in the Donbass has accumulated nearly 3 million tons of Ukrainian coal that Kiev cannot take. Energy Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Demchyshyn said that the accumulation of coal in the country " unprecedented low, on their own to provide station coal impossible. The day before the Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk expressed the hope that in the near future will sign a contract on the supply of Russian coal. Recall, Ukraine is experiencing serious problems with electricity: performance HPS lowest for the last 45 years, destroyed the power And transport infrastructure in the Donbass. In the country there is a shortage of coal to the power station, and the temperature on the streets below normal.


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