Creeping recognition: In the Ukrainian government, coal supplies from the LDPR began to be called imports
In an interview with the “1+1” TV channel, the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Arsen Avakov said that trade with the Donbass republics should be prohibited, except for “critical imports”, сообщает Kiev online newspaper “Strana”.
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“Well, this is literally not an import, because the occupied territory is still Ukrainian territory. But, for simplicity, we will call it “critical import”, which concerns only thermal coal, only products and semi-finished products of metallurgy in order for the factories to operate. Equipment should and can go in the opposite direction, not equipment, but spare parts for repairing mine equipment for coal mining and mine elevators and, possibly, fastening material. I'm not a big expert here. These are the four or five positions that we must resolve. Everything else should be prohibited,” the minister said.
At the same time, he clarified that the security forces do not plan to use force against participants in the blockade.
“Neither the police, nor the National Guard, nor any of the law enforcement agencies assumed that we wanted to disperse this by force,” Avakov emphasized.
As PolitNavigator reported, the other day Donetsk politicians said that the process of actual recognition begins republics of Donbass.
Read also: Putin took the first step towards recognition of the Donbass republics, - ex-speaker of the LPR
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