Ukraine has received a new shipment of coal from South Africa with the volume of 80 thousand tons, said Tuesday the Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine Valeriy Bosevski. "due to the coal shortage and the inability of supply from Donbass, Ukraine is forced to import coal. According to the Ministry of energy of Ukraine, in preparation for the heating season in Kyiv wants to buy coal from all potential suppliers, as well as among them from South Africa, the USA and Russia. "we have an opportunity today to supply themselves with coal. Today shipped the first boat in the port of Ilyichevsk - 80 thousand tons of South African coal. The cost is $ 65 (per ton - ed.). On the agenda is the purchase of additional volumes ", - said Bosevski in the process of " round table ", devoted to the preparation for the heating season. first Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk declared that the passage of winter Kiev ought to accumulate 7, eleven million tons of coal. At this point of time stored in Ukraine's supply of coal is about 1, 5 million tons.