The authorities of the so-called "Donetsk People’s Republic" say that they have resumed delivery of coal to Ukraine and plan to load 15 thousand tons of coal per day. DAN separatist website reports about that.
“After Ukraine partially had lifted energy blockage of Crimea, the DPR authorities made a decision on resuming coal delivery of coal to Ukraine. Approximately we’ll load15 thousand tons of T coal for Kiev”, - said "acting head of Strategy Management of industry development of the republic" Eduard Polyakov.
He noted that the coal will be, at first, directed to power stations that work in the central regions of Ukraine. “This is done to upload Ukrainian power stations which provide Crimea with energy”, - added Polyakov.
As reported before, the DTEK Energo company stated resumption of loading coal from the temporarily uncontrolled territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions on December 9.” It hasn’t crossed the border line", - reported the press center. Thus, militants allowed to provide Ukraine with coal which is mined and distributed by the Ukrainian company.