Kremlin says Ukraine is rejecting breakaway region with power cut

26 April,2017 08:16 AM IST |   |  Agencies

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday that the Ukrainian government's decision to cut power supplies to the breakaway region of Luhansk amounted to a rejection of the territory



High representative of the EU, Federica Mogherini, met Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov yesterday to discuss Ukraine. Pic/AP

Moscow: Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday that the Ukrainian government's decision to cut power supplies to the breakaway region of Luhansk amounted to a rejection of the territory. "It's another step by Ukraine on the road to rejecting territory," Peskov said. A Russian official said earlier on Tuesday that Moscow would step in and supply the region with electricity.

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