Russia has started supplying the southern Ukrainian city of Henichesk with natural gas at the request of local authorities amid severe frosts in the region, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak said Monday.
According to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, Henichesk Mayor Alexander Tulupov, in view of cold weather conditions in the region, has addressed the Russian side with a request to supply the city with natural gas, in order to keep the residents from freezing.
Earlier on Monday, Peskov said that Putin based on “humanitarian considerations” had instructed to elaborate the possibility of gas supplies to Henichesk to help the city’s residents survive in the cold.
This post was published at Sputnik News
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