According to the Vice Premier of the self-proclaimed Luhansk national Republic (LNR) Vasily Nikitin, accumulation of coal in the Republic so great that they will last not only for LNR, but for the whole of Ukraine.
" we have a very large accumulation of coal, warehouses are full. Ready to sell at least at the present time. Enough not only for LNR, but for the whole of Ukraine.- quoted by TASS. Yesterday it was announced that the government of Donetsk national Republic (DND) has no plans to give Kiev As if he owned 2 million tons of coal stored in the mines of Donbass. The coal will be Sold, the proceeds will be spent on wages to the miners. Remember, on Wednesday, the new Minister of energy and coal industry of Ukraine Volodymyr Demchyshyn said that about 2 million tons of coal is placed in the warehouses of the Ukrainian public organization " Ukrainian Coal " in the territories controlled by the militia of Donbass, Kiev wants him out of the area " special operations ". Previously, the state Company " Ukrenergo " stated that stocks of coal at power plants (TPP), located in the East of Ukraine, will last only four days. As reported in the print edition GLANCE, coal shortage threatens to leave Ukraine without electricity. The fighting in the East has led to a sharp decline in coal production, and It serves as a source of fuel for power plants, giving a significant part of Ukrainian electricity. The Ministry of energy and coal industry of Ukraine November 24 also announced a temporary halt of the supply of coal from Russia. In early October, the Minister of energy and coal industry of Ukraine Yuriy Prodan said that Ukraine does not have enough coal to produce 30% of electricity. He also said that the Ukrainian private organizations intend to buy Before the end of 2014, about 4 million tons of coal from Russia. In the end military operations in the Donets basin, where 80% of Ukrainian mines, the country lost about 12 million tons of coal.


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