The leader of the Public movement " Ukrainian choice " Viktor Medvedchuk believes that If the Ukrainian government does not take urgent measures, because held in the South-East special operations country in winter may remain not only without gas, but without coal. About this politician wrote on his page in the social network

" The Cabinet is never tired of harping on the need to save gas. Blue fuel involve not completely replace coal, but because of ATO production and shipping of coal from the Donbass has decreased significantly. State enterprise " Ukrainian Coal " only Donetsk railway for the carriage of goods owed more than 282 million UAH. If the government does not take any measures, Ukraine may remain in winter, not only without gas, but without coal ", - wrote the Medvedchuk.

After long and fruitless negotiations Gazprom on June 16, translated " Naftogaz ", indebted to 4, $ 5 billion, in advance, and now in the Ukrainian gas transport system are only transit volumes destined for Europe. As long as the transit is carried out in contractual settings, however, and Gazprom, and the Commission did not rule out any issues in the winter, when Ukraine gained in its own storage resources.

By energy Minister Yuriy Prodan told that gas deliveries from Russia to Ukraine reduced to zero. The government of Ukraine established the crisis of energy headquarters.

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