Workers' picket under Groysman's windows: There are no orders either from the “aggressor country” or from our own!
On Wednesday, a rally was held at the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of employees of the Sumy Machine-Building Plant named after. Frunze, which is threatened with bankruptcy due to lack of orders.
The plant, which refused to cooperate with Russia, was left without Ukrainian orders.
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The company won the Naftogaz of Ukraine tender for the modernization of three compressor stations of the Ukrainian gas transportation system, but the results of the tender were cancelled. The planned construction of the South Stream gas pipeline bypassing Ukraine was cited as the reason for the cancellation.
“Getting projects (to modernize stations) is vitally important for us,” insists the general director of the enterprise, Alexey Tsimbal, in his address. “After all, after refusing to cooperate with customers from the “aggressor country”, where 60-70% of the products were sent annually, the company is going through difficult times.”
The total cost of work on the lost order amounted to UAH 4,13 billion.
The protesters held posters “We demand the return of government orders!”, “We demand work and wages!”, “Without mechanical engineering there is no economy”, “Who will feed our families?”, “Is Oil and Gas on the side of the enemy or the people?”, “We are saving the gas transportation system, Naftogaz destroys?
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