This move is aimed at putting an end to coal trade scams / Photo from UNIAN
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko wants the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC) to consider the possibility of seizing Donbas coal if Russia sells it to Ukraine as its own coal, according to an UNIAN correspondent.
"The president has said the NSDC will consider the possibility of seizing the coal taken by Russia from seized coal mines in occupied Donbas and then offered to Ukraine as Russian or any other type of coal," presidential envoy in parliament Iryna Lutsenko told reporters after a Petro Poroshenko Bloc faction meeting on Monday with the president's participation.
Lutsenko explained that each type of coal mined in a certain area has its own certificate listing technical characteristics.
Read alsoOSCE observes at least 30 trucks with coal on way to Russia"Coal produced in Donbas is different from coal produced in other areas," she added.
"If you have stolen [the coal] from us, we'll seize [it] from you," she said.
This move is aimed at putting an end to such trade scams, she added.
As was reported earlier, Russia withdraws over 10,000 tonnes of Donbas coal per day.
On March 15, Poroshenko announced that first wagons with Ukrainian coal had started to be sent from the occupied areas after Ukraine had blocked trade with Donbas. Russian presidential press secretary Dmitriy Peskov in turn assured he had no information about coal shipments from occupied Donbas to Russia.