As he wrote on his Facebook page, his sources informed him of this.

“According to my information, a political decision was made to stop the purchase of electricity from Russia. We will find out soon how it will be implemented in practice - through changes in the law, a government decree or some other decision, ”Lyashko said.

Earlier, Deputy Minister of Energy and Environment of Ukraine Vitaliy Shubin said that the country would not be able to disconnect from the Russian energy system in the near future.

The leading expert of the National Energy Security Fund Igor Yushkov, in an interview with the FAN, praised Shubin's statement.

In October, Ukrenergo reported that Ukraine resumed commercial import of electricity from Russia. Shortly before this, the Ukrainian company Naftogaz began to import electricity from Belarus.