Controlled Kyiv Donetsk regional state administration is studying the possibility of disabling Donetsk from the power supply, said the head of the region Alexander Kikhtenko in an interview to the publication of " the Island ".

oposlya, as in April last year, the government of Ukraine began in the Donbass force special operation, in many communities in the region have begun problems With energy supply and artillery shells fall in the substation, and repair complicate the ongoing attacks. Disabling power substations also leads to disruptions in water supply. Summer in the cities of Donbass, fired by the Ukrainian security forces, light And there was no water for a few weeks.

"I seriously thought about what it must be disconnected from the electricity Donetsk. And gave instructions that I was prepared help you, or not, to do technically. And currently, we studied this question, " said Kikhtenko. However, he States that the Militia is not possible to restore the power supply controlled by the power structures of the settlements.

according to the summary data of the United Nations, victims of the conflict in the Donbas were more than 5 thousand civilians. On January 9, the intensity of attacks in the region has increased, as has the number of victims of the conflict. The Ministry of defence of Ukraine said that the APU build up reserves in all areas where combat operations are being conducted. Militias from our side told me that " pushed the front line to defend shelling of residential areas of the cities of the Ukrainian security forces. In the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation believe that the recent events in the Donbass confirm the most serious concerns about the intention of Kiev by force to resolve the situation in the Donbass.

on the first day of the weekend in Minsk held a peaceful dialogues, but the participants did not sign the final document, the discussion continues. Later official Kyiv And the self-proclaimed Republic accused one another in the escalation of the conflict in the background of another failure in the negotiations.

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