The pipeline in the Donetsk region damaged as a result of the fighting, with no gas left Uglegorsk thermal power plant (TPP), the transit of gas to the EU is not broken, informs the press service of the operator of the Ukrainian gas transportation system organization " Ukrtransgaz ".
"As a result of the fighting damaged the pipeline branch from the main gas pipeline" Novopskov-Kramatorsk ", which is located in Donetsk region ", - said the press service of "Ukrtransgaz", RIA " Novosti ". According to operational information of Ukrtransgaz, 12. 00 (13. 00 GMT) the damaged section of the pipeline was blocked with 2 sides, for the reason that no gas left five gas-distributing stations with a total consumption of natural gas 9, 3 thousand Cubic meters per hour, which, according to the press service, the largest consumer is the Uglegorsk power plant. In the end, the destruction of the gas victims and received no damage." Renovation works will start on site as soon as the situation will allow to get into the area of destruction. Damage to the pipeline does not affect the transit of natural gas to the EU, " said the Ukrtransgaz. On the first day of the week in the OSCE observation mission said that the ceasefire regime in Ukraine in General observed. At the same time the mission has documented several incidents in Lugansk, Donetsk, Severodoneck and Debaltsevo. The parties to conflict in the Donbass in 0. 00 (1. 00 GMT) Sunday, fifteen February, said the truce, under agreements concluded in Minsk after almost 16 hours of negotiations. The document provides for the withdrawal of all foreign armed forces, military equipment and mercenaries from the territory of Ukraine under the supervision of the OSCE

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