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Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman has instructed Minister of Economic Development and Trade Stepan Kubiv to address the issue of wage arrears at the shipyards of state-run concern Ukroboronprom within a week and take steps to repay the debts, according to the governmental press service.
"I inform Ukroboronprom Director General Roman Romanov that the heads of the economic entities are personally responsible for the payment of wages," Groysman said.
At the same time, he noted that the Cabinet of Ministers must be notified of the settlement of the problem by November 27.
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Ukroboronprom on October 31 announced that the shipyard had halted work, as the Cabinet of Ministers had not decided on a Slava-class cruiser (Soviet designation Project 1164 Atlant).
"The enterprise's [bank] accounts have been frozen at the moment, while the wage arrears are estimated at UAH 58 million [US$2.2 million]. The debts have accumulated due to the fact that the enterprise's costs to maintain the cruiser have no longer been reimbursed since February 2015," Ukroboronprom said.
At the same time, it noted that a relevant draft order concerning the reimbursement had been submitted to the Cabinet of Ministers, which would allow repayment of the wage arrears.