Xinhua: Ukraine starts importing coal from US amid energy crisisBy Xinhua. Published Sept. 13, 2017. Updated Sept. 13 at 7:35 pm A miner works at the Kalinovskaya-Vostochnaya coal mine in the eastern Ukrainian city of Makiyivka near Donetsk on Dec. 23, 2014. Photo by AFPRunning short on coal, Ukraine on Sept.13 started importing the material from the United States, authorities have said.Read more here.