Ukraine will be forced to implement more power cuts if the weather gets sharply colder, Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said on Wednesday.
Kyiv had already temporarily cut off electricity to Crimea.
Ukraine used to be self-sufficient in electricity, but months of fighting a pro-Russian uprising has disrupted coal supplies to thermal power plants, which had generated around 40 percent of its power.
“At the moment the warm weather is saving us,” Yatseniuk said in a government meeting.
“If temperatures go down, this means coal consumption will rise and the rolling blackouts will increase significantly.”
The energy ministry temporarily cut off power supplies to Crimea after …read more
Source: Voice of America
