Ukraine cuts electricity to rebel areas, Russia steps in

2017/4/26 2:18:54

Ukraine has cut off the supply of electricity to an eastern part of the country controlled by pro-Russian separatists, saying bills need to be paid. Now, Moscow is stepping in.


From Deutsche Welle, April 26, 2017

 

Russian officials announced on Tuesday they were supplying electricity to rebel-held areas in Luhansk one day after Ukraine said it was cutting off the supply in response to unpaid bills.

 

Cutting the power supply to the Luhansk region is yet another step by Ukraine to push those territories away, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in Moscow.

 

Peskov said the decision was made in order to keep an estimated 3 million people out of darkness, though it did not specify how or when the electricity would be supplied.

 

Regional rebel leader Vladislav Deinego told the Interfax news agency that Russia had begun sending electricity immediately through already existing lines.

 

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