Kiev himself dealt a blow to the economy of Ukraine and the welfare of the citizens of the country when he went on about the radical nationalists and declared the transport blockade of Donbass. This was pointed out by the head of the Commission of the Federation Council on Information Policy Alexei Pushkov. "Ukraine is the" country of the year "for self-harm. The price of the blockade of Donbass: 1% of GDP - $ 1.8 billion. And the blockade was imposed by Ukraine itself, "the senator wrote on Twitter. On the eve of the Prime Minister of the Independent Vladimir Groysman acknowledged that the country's economy suffered because of the blockade of Donbass: because of the need to buy coal in far-abroad countries, the economy lost 1% of GDP.

Pushkov also commented on the proposal of US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to return Russian observers to the Joint Control and Coordination Center (SCCC) in Donbass. "In response, it is appropriate to ask Tillerson to cancel the supply of weapons to Kiev," the senator said..

On the eve of Rex Tillerson in a conversation with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted that the withdrawal of Russian officers from the SCCC was a bad idea and it would be necessary to return them to the Donbass.