The current situation in Donbas doesn’t contribute to a peaceful settlement of the conflict, Martin Sajdik, Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG) said following a meeting of the Group in Minsk on Wednesday.
DTEK has announced the loss of control over its enterprises located within the temporarily uncontrolled areas of Ukraine, Ukrinform reports citing the company's press service.
The National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine (NSDC) decided to suspend the transportation of cargo across the contact line in Donbas, Secretary of the NSDC Oleksandr Turchynov stated following a Council’s meeting on March 15, the NSDC’s press service informs.
Delegation of the European Union to Ukraine has urged to stop coal supply blockade from the occupied territories of Donbas. The blockade of the railway communication between the territories controlled by Ukraine and ORDLO (uncontrolled areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions) is contrary to an inclusive approach to citizens of Ukraine who live in the territories where the state power bodies temporarily do not exercise their powers, the EU delegation told Interfax-Ukraine on Thursday.