The day before in Slavutych, Kiev region, where the workers of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant live and those who participated in the liquidation of the consequences of the accident switched off from gas supply. This was reported in the press service of "Kievoblgaz". In January Naftogaz of Ukraine did not allocate the necessary volumes of gas for the city due to arrears. And "Kievoblgaz" was forced to stop supplying Slavutich with fuel, the company explained. According to the decision of the National Commission for State Regulation of Energy and Utilities, gas distribution to consumers is "only if they have confirmed volumes (limits) of natural gas for the relevant billing period in accordance with the concluded supply contract," noted in "Kievoblgaz". Since as of January 2018. the limits of consumption of blue fuel for Slavutich have not been confirmed, gas will not be allocated to consumers, the company said.. When gas supplies are resumed, it is not yet known, writes "112 Ukraine". This is not the first such incident in Slavutich. Earlier for the same reason in October 2017. the city was already cut off from gas.

Then the sum of debts of heat-supplying enterprises before "Naftogaz" in 91 million grivnas. The city, says RIA FAN, is considered the youngest in Ukraine - it was built after a terrible accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, in 1986. , in order to evacuate station workers and their families from Pripyat and Chernobyl. Now there live almost 25 thousand people. More than half of the city's population - ChNPP's maintenance staff. At the same time, 7,317 people are victims of a radiation accident, and 3,297 people are liquidators.