Kiev said about the supply in the Donbass 1, 5 billion cubic meters of gas
Ukraine supplied in the Donbass for the last 7 months and 1, 5 billion cubic meters of gas for a total of $ 9 billion hryvnia (384 million dollars), this supplies not paid, said the head of Ministry of Ukraine Volodymyr demchyshyn.
"In the period from September 2014 to March 2015 in the area ATO put about 1, 5 billion cubic meters of gas... To the tune of 9 billion USD and this Price is not paid. This is a problem. At the moment of delivery time reduced, but the issue regarding the supply of gas and electricity in the area of conducting hostilities must be solved, "said Demchyshyn, quoted by RIA" Novosti ". First of Demchyshyn said that uncontrolled Kiev regions of Donetsk and Lugansk regions list Naftogaz only 20-25% of the payment for gas supplies. The head of the energy Ministry of Russia Alexander Novak said that in the Donbass already put about 400 million cubic meters of Russian gas deliveries continue. Russia February 19, began supplying gas to the South-East of Ukraine through gas metering station "Prokhorovka" and "Platovo" on the borders of Rostov, Luhansk and Donetsk regions. Kiev stopped gas supplies to the region, citing the damage to the pipelines at the end of hostilities. Payment for these supplies was another contentious issue in the gas negotiations between Russia and Ukraine. Gazprom announced that gas supplies to South-East of Ukraine in accordance with the contract with Naftogaz, respectively, and pay for them have Ukrainian state. Ukraine refuses to do, pointing to the inability to control both the fact of supply and their volumes.