KIEV: Kiev said Tuesday that Russia had cut off electricity to Ukraine’s rebel-run regions in what appears to be another sign that Moscow is losing interest in plans to splinter its neighbour.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has gone through an extended spell without peppering his speeches with mentions of Novorossiya, the “New Russia” made up of Ukrainian lands that were once under tsarist control.
The veteran Kremlin leader had promoted the project repeatedly while the separatists were gaining ground along Ukraine’s eastern industrial heartland toward the end of last year.
But Ukrainian insurgents who claimed to be in charge of re-creating a part …read more
Source: theSun
