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Ukraine on edge of energy crisis as Donbas blockade persists

Wednesday, 15 February 2017 6:33 AM [ Last Update: Wednesday, 15 February 2017 6:33 AM ]

This file photo taken on May 28, 2015 shows An employee checking equipment at the Dashava underground gas storage facility near Striy, outside Lviv. (Photo by AFP)

Lena Savchuk
Press TV, Kiev

Ukraine is facing rolling blackouts as the country's thermal power plants suffer deficits of anthracite coal. Ukraine’s central government depends on the material which is extracted in territories under the control of pro-Russia forces in the east. Our correspondent Lena Savchuk reports.

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