Russia unable to limit power supply to any region of Ukraine – Energy Minister

17:46, 23.11.2015 1 min read

Russia is unable to limit electricity supply to a single region of Ukraine, despite the fact that the energy systems of the two countries work in parallel, Ukrainian Minister of Energy and Coal Industry Volodymyr Demchyshyn has said.

"The systems are working simultaneously but neither Belarus nor Russia has influence [over them]... We are not dependent on Russia," he said at a press conference in Kyiv.