Ukraine will stop Importing electricity from Russia on the last working day of the week, said Last news in the press service of "Ukrenergo" on Thursday.

before the head of Ministry Vladimir Demchyshyn said that Ukraine could completely stop Importing on Wednesday. According to him, Kyiv imported electricity due to the shortage of capacity that arose because of temporary outage of one unit at the Rovno NPP in connection with completion of the line Rivne-Kyiv. But on Wednesday afternoon Ukrenergo said that Ukraine continues to import electricity from Russia.

"Today (Thursday - ed.) the last day of the import. He is reduced to 400 MW. Tomorrow Ukraine will import from Russia ", - said the organization.

the head of the Department said that the deficit of capacities in connection with the termination of imports from Russia will not: Ukraine has completed the repair of the 3rd unit of Rivne NPP, It is already connected to the grid.

in the gap year, the Russian Company "inter RAO" and "Ukrinterenergo" have signed the corresponding agreement, which entered into force on 30 December 2014. Import electricity from Russia was resumed in early November. At the same time the parties agreed on ensuring reliable and uninterrupted supply of Crimea, which is 70% dependent on Ukrainian electric energy.

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