Kiev Cuts Electricity Supplies to Self-Proclaimed Donbass Republics

‘Kiev has cut off electricity supplies to the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) and Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR) in eastern Ukraine, Acting Director of Ukraine’s Ukrenergo power company Vsevolod Kovalchuk said on Wednesday.
“From 00:00 [21:00 GMT] July 26, 2017, the transmission of electricity to temporarily uncontrolled areas of Donetsk region has been halted,” Kovalchuk posted on his Facebook account.
The Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) Energy Ministry told Sputnik that the cuts would not affect the consumers in any way.
“The DPR is energetically independent from Ukraine. Due to the fact that we ourselves extract coal and supply it to our thermal power plants, we fully provide residents and enterprises of the republic with electricity,” a representative of the ministry said.’
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