More than five hundred miners moved the column from the building of the Verkhovna Rada in the direction of the Ministry of energy and coal industry of Ukraine.
Miners go on the carriageway of the main street of Kiev - Khreschatyk street, blocking traffic. They are chanting " Demchishin - resign ", and "Bring back our wages," reports the news Agency from the scene.
According to the protesters, "the power until does not listen To the miners' demands "." But we will stand until the end, " They promised. First Chapter the Ministry of energy of Ukraine was interrupted by a trip to the United States in connection with meetings of miners in Kiev. On Thursday, the part of the miners, with the dawning of the day picketing the Parliament building, moved To the building of the Ukrainian government, and blocked the street to traffic. On Thursday morning at the building of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine in Kiev gathered dozens of miners requiring the payment of wages and the reform of the coal industry. Later on the Grushevsky street in Kiev with the requirement to provide to Ukraine the European standard of living cut off about 4 thousand People. On Wednesday near the building of the Ukrainian Parliament also attracted about 1, 5 thousand Miners. They demanded a meeting with the leadership of the Verkhovna Rada in order to voice their demands regarding the situation in the coal industry and the non-payment of debt. Wednesday evening protesting Miners blocked the traffic on the Central street of Kiev - Khreschatyk - the building of the Ministry of energy and coal industry. Recall, on Tuesday, the Ministry of energy and coal industry of Ukraine has announced its intention to close and be preserved until the end of year eleven mines. On the same day, Congress passed the coal miners of Ukraine, at which They adopted a resolution on the statement By the President of Ukraine on dismissal of the Minister of energy and coal industry Vladimir Demchishin. The miners also demanded to convene a meeting of the national security Council, which must be worked out measures to resolve the crisis in the coal industry. It was announced that the accumulation of coal in the warehouses of Ukrainian thermal power plants fell below the thresholds, amounting to 800 thousand tons of coal on the status at the beginning of April. Today, the lack of capacity in the power system of Ukraine is 2 thousand Megawatts.

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