Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine does not buy coal from Donbass separatists.
Zelensky also noted that Ukraine is successfully overcoming the current situation in the energy sector with a coal shortage.
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According to the President, the coal, which will be delivered by sea, will completely cover the needs in the energy sector by the end of the year..
If necessary, the demand will be completely closed until the end of the entire heating season.
Zelensky also noted that before winter, the state prepared nuclear power, which will operate at full capacity after the expansion of the reactor fleet..
" Another unit of the Zaporizhzhya NPP will be launched by the end of November, "
A Panamax type vessel can carry 60-80 thousand. tons of coal. In early November, a senior government source said that Ukrainian ports would soon accept five ships with imported coal from the United States, totaling approximately 280,000. tons: four - for DTEK and one - for the state-owned "