The head of Naftogaz said about the restoration of gas supplies in the Donbass
The head of the NJSC " Naftogaz of Ukraine Andriy Korolev said that Kiev resumed gas supplies in the Donbass. "over the last five or six hours, our service was not able to get to those pipelines, which could again begin deliveries in full in the zone ATO. At the present time the opportunity arose, and at the present time, these supplies were resumed, " said Korolev. Korolev also said that Naftogaz will not pay for the gas that Gazprom currently supplies in the Donbass, RIA " Novosti ". Before Thursday, the Head LNR Igor Carpenter said gas from Russia began to arrive on site LNR and DND. Prior to that, head of the Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller said that the Russian gas holding from February 19 supplies gas to Ukraine through a gas metering station "Prokhorovka" and "Platoo" in the amount of 12 million cubic meters per day. Before this in the "Naftogaz of Ukraine" told that stopped the flow of gas in the war zone of South-Eastern Ukraine due inflicted during combat operations critical damage to transmission infrastructure. Remember, because of the actions of Kiev LNR and DND in the night of Thursday left without gas. Because of this, the Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedevputin to study the issue of gas supplies from Russia in the Donbass in the form of humanitarian aid. According to him, citizens in these regions anyway can't freeze. However, the Director of the national Council of Donetsk national Republic Andrey Burgin said that after turning off the gas while in Donbasantratsyt their internal accumulation of gas, and the conference on Russian gas supplies continue. Lugansk national Republic also said that it is ready to receive Russian gas as humanitarian aid. In the management of main gas pipelines LNR said gas reserves in the Lugansk and Donetsk national republics will only last Until Thursday evening. We emphasize that in the middle of December 2014, the head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko instructed to provide the residents of Donetsk and Lugansk regions of gas and electricity and said that the gas supply in the Donbass will not be stopped. However, at the same time Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk said that the provision of Donbass gas and electricity costs Kiev 200 million dollars every month. Later Yatsenyuk assessed expenses of Kiev on the content of the Donbass in the heating season at $ 1 billion.