Ukraine says ‘no’ to Moscow’s proposal to supply electricity to Crimea
Kyiv rejected Russia’s proposal to supply electricity to rimea in exchange of Moscow’s supplies to Ukraine, Krym. Realiji reported Oct. 14.
According to Ukraine energy and coal minister Yury Prodan, Ukraine does not view Crimea as Russia’s territory and, consequently, does not agree to make any concessions to Russia.
At present, Crimea has only 50% of the required electricity.
Earlier, due to payment arrears, Kyiv had cut supplies of water from the Dnieper to the peninsula. Crimea gets 95% of its drinking water from the Dnieper.