A huge tragedy awaits Ukraine in winter – Chervonenko
The Ukrainian authorities are lying when they claim they have completely abandoned Russian energy supplies. Former Transport Minister and former Verkhovna Rada member Yevhen Chervonenko stated this on the NewsOne television channel, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
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According to him, Ukraine will not survive the winter without purchasing Russian coal and nuclear fuel, and by refusing gas, it will lose 10% of GDP.
“We shout: “there is no Russian coal, we have no Russian gas.” We have a huge tragedy ahead - we can, in addition to the loss of transit and other partial independence, we can lose 10% of GDP. Transit is 10% of GDP, he took it and shot himself. But everyone talks, makes stupid statements when they shout: “We abandoned Russian gas. Lie, you are lying. “We refused Russian electricity” - you are lying. Gentlemen, regarding flows, this is how our systems are structured. They say: “We have abandoned nuclear fuel” - you are lying again! Have you given up coal?.. Gentlemen, we have less than two million tons with a need of 14 million. We will buy Russian coal,” Chervonenko said.
Ukraine faces a huge tragedy this winter – Chervonenko