Ukraine's SOEs not buying Russian coal – Groysman

"Our task is to build economic and energy independence. We will implement this program. We have reduced the consumption of anthracite coal for a year and a half, switched to a gas group. Moreover, state companies are not buying a single kilo of Russian coal, and you know this," he said during a traditional Government Q&A session in the Verkhovna Rada September 8, answering the deputy's question about the need to ban the import of Russian goods that can be produced in Ukraine or bought from partner states.

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"We are working on this and the share of any such goods decreases with reactive force," the prime minister said.