: :inin Kyiv (EET)

Russia Suspends Coal Supplies to Ukraine


Ukraine’s energy minister said on Monday Russia had suspended coal supplies to Ukraine, a blow to domestic energy suppliers who are struggling with a severe lack of raw fuel for power plants due to a separatist conflict in the industrial east.

On November 12 Prodan said Ukraine would have to rely on Russian coal to get through the winter after the war in the east disrupted supplies to thermal power plants (TPP), which provide around 40 percent of the country’s electricity, and left reserves critically low ahead of the cold season.

“According to information received from DTEK and [state-run] Tsentrenergo, coal supplies …read more

Source: Voice of America

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