The blockade has raised the already high tensions in Ukraine, where a war between government forces and separatist rebels has killed more than 9,800 people in eastern Ukraine since April 2014.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s government has spoken against the blockade, saying it hurts ordinary Ukrainians in the rest of the country by cutting off coal shipments from separatist regions and creating power shortages.
Akhmetov’s foundation said in a statement that its work in the region was paralyzed after rebels blocked access to Akhmetov’s Shakhtar FC arena in the rebel capital of Donetsk, which hosted the 2012 European soccer championships and now …read more
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
