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There will be no electricity imports from the Russian Federation and Belarus from November 1, Head of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Energy, Housing and Utility Services Andriy Gerus has said.

“There will be no electricity imports from the Russian Federation from Nov. 1, Inter RAO announced an auction for the sale of electricity on Oct. 20, but the corresponding auction was canceled on Oct. 21. Also, from Nov. 1, there will be no electricity imports from Belarus, the corresponding auctions for the sale of electricity have been canceled,” he wrote on his Telegram channel on Oct. 30.

Earlier, Gerus said that the Russian Federation has stopped supplies to Ukraine of grade A (anthracite) and L (lean) thermal coal since Nov. 1. Coal of these grades was imported by DTEK, Donbasenergo, as well as Tekhnova, which unites Darnytsia, Sumy and Chernihiv CHPPs.