Ukraine cuts power supply to separatist region, blaming unpaid debts
KIEV -- Ukraine's national power company said on Tuesday it had cut electricity to parts of an eastern region controlled by pro-Russian separatists because they had run up large debts.
There was no immediate reaction from political leaders in Luhansk, who are caught up in a tense stand-off with Ukraine's government - part of a wider confrontation between Moscow and Kiev's Western backers.
"This night, the power supply to the temporary occupied territory of Luhansk region was completely halted," Vsevolod Kovalchuk, head of the power distributor Ukrenergo, said on Facebook.
