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If blockade not lifted, Ukraine-registered companies in occupied Donbas will be taken over, - terrorist leaders Heads of terrorist organizations "DPR" and "LPR" Alexander Zakharchenko and Igor Plotnitsky have demanded to lift the transport blockade of the occupied Donbas by spring. 216 110 802 Previously in trend: Blockade of "DPR/LPR" 
Ukraine faces devastating consequences over embargo on coal supplies from Donbas, - PM Hroisman The energy blockade poses threat to the country’s economic and energy security and has a negative impact on the national defense capability. 28 959 236 Previously in trend: Blockade of "DPR/LPR" 
Interior Minister Avakov critisizes "DPR/LPR" blockade: People will be left destitute The blockade of the occupied Donbas is a harm to Ukraine. 84 938 710 Previously in trend: Blockade of "DPR/LPR" 
Ukraine’s PM Hroisman says government makes every effort to minimize Donbas blockade's impact The representatives of authoritative NGOs expressed their views on the so-called "coal blockade." 13 023 85 Previously in trend: Blockade of "DPR/LPR" 
Female police officer injured in yesterday’s clashes has her fingers broken, - National Police The female police officer who was injured during clashes with supporters of trade embargo against the Donbas in downtown Kyiv on Feb. 19 has suffered a fracture of her fingers. 90 005 686 Previously in trend: Blockade of "DPR/LPR" 
Donbas blockade supporters put up tent near Presidential Administration. PHOTOS+VIDEO The activists of the occupied Donbas blockade put up a tent near the presidential administration building, at the crossing of Bankova and Instytutska Streets in Kyiv. 241 804 1 360 Previously in trend: Blockade of "DPR/LPR" 
"I'll do my best to prevent power blackouts," - Hroisman A state of emergency in the energy sector has been introduced to eke out the existing coal reserves and secure uninterrupted electricity supply for the population. 25 570 360 Previously in trend: Blockade of "DPR/LPR" 
Donbas blockade may entail growth of tariffs, - Vice Premier Rozenko Further blocking of coal supplies from the Donbas occupied territories may lead to an increase in utility tariffs for housing and communal services as well as to an economic downturn. 88 979 668 Previously in trend: Rates for housing services and utilities Blockade of "DPR/LPR" 
US Embassy to Ukraine expresses concern about occupied Donbas blockade, advises establishing transparent movement of legitimate goods U.S. Embassy to Ukraine is concerned by the current disruption to the coal supply from the occupied Donbas and encourage the Government of Ukraine to accelerate much-needed reforms in the energy sector. 41 896 231 Previously in trend: Blockade of "DPR/LPR" 
Activists seeking to stop trade with occupied Donbas start closing highways, - Civil blockade HQ. PHOTOS The participants of the civil action to stop trade with the occupied parts of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions started closing highways in addition to previously blocked railroads. 135 700 369 Previously in trend: Blockade of "DPR/LPR" 
Donbas blockade destabilizes situation in Ukraine, - Poroshenko President Petro Poroshenko says the politicians who publicly support the railway blockade near the demarcation line in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions are irresponsible. 87 293 729 Previously in trend: Blockade of "DPR/LPR" 
31.7 billion hryvnia paid to budget by Ukrainian companies in occupied areas of Donbas, - Tandit Adviser to the head of the Security Service of Ukraine Yurii Tandt says Ukrainian companies operating in occupied areas paid 31.7 billion hryvnina ($1.17 billion) to the state budget in 2016. 69 722 267 Previously in trend: Blockade of "DPR/LPR" 
Emergency regime in energy sector takes effect The state of emergency in Ukraine's energy sector introduced by the Cabinet on Feb. 16 has taken effect and will stay in force for at least one month, until March 17. 116 207 270 Previously in trend: Blockade of "DPR/LPR" 
Ukraine's government introduces emergency measures in country's energy sector The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has implemented exceptional measures in the national energy sector. 67 023 236 Previously in trend: Blockade of "DPR/LPR" 
"This crisis is due to an external factor, on part of Russia," - Zubko on Donbas blockade Deputy Prime Minister Hennadii Zubko believes the crisis that has surfaced over the blockade of supplies from terrorist-held areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, including anthracite coal, has been provoked by Russia. 46 982 306 Previously in trend: Blockade of "DPR/LPR" 
Expert says Ukraine failed to become independent of coal supplies from Donbas over three years, proposes alternative Former member of the National energy and utilities regulatory commission of Ukraine (NEURCU) Andrii Herus says the president, NEURCU Chairman Vovk, and Energy Minister Nasalyk have voiced many different (and often controversial) views regarding the power station coal supplies over the past year. 80 151 330 Previously in trend: Blockade of "DPR/LPR" 
Activists shut down Yasynuvata-Kostiantynivka highway, - Donbas trade blockade HQ The headquarters of the blockade of railway connection with "DPR/LPR" reports barring Yasynuvata-Kostiantynivka highway. 156 438 640 Previously in trend: Blockade of "DPR/LPR" 
#BlokadaChallenge: 58th Brigade soldiers encourage SBU to ‘stop 22 profiteers’ trains’. VIDEO Members of the 16th Battalion of the 58th Brigade of Ukrainian Armed Forces filmed themselves doing 22 push-ups in front of the train they had blocked in the Donbas. They called on members of the Security Service of Ukraine to join the action they called #BlokadaChallenge encouraging the law enforcers to ‘stop 22 profiteers’ trains’. 67 193 185 Previously in trend: Blockade of "DPR/LPR" 
Authorities respond to Ukrainian soldiers’ address on Donbas blockade: servicemen sent to forefront, internal investigation underway, - journalist The members of the 16th Mechanized Infantry Battalion of the 58th Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who requested President of Ukraine, Supreme Commander Petro Poroshenko to stop trade with the occupied territories faced consequences. 171 107 463 Previously in trend: Blockade of "DPR/LPR" 
Members of Ukrainian Armed Forces’ 58th Brigade support “DPR”/“LPR” blockade: "Each hryvnia transferred there is spent on terrorism" The servicemen of the 16th Battalion of the 58th Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine requested the country’s top leadership and, first of all, President Petro Poroshenko to cease all trade and financial transactions with the separatists in the temporarily occupied territory of the Donbas. 157 800 559 Previously in trend: Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas Blockade of "DPR/LPR" 
Blockade in Donbas: titushky arrive in Bakhmut under police protection, - MP Parasiuk. VIDEO As soon as MPs and members of the blockade of the temporarily occupied territories left Bakhmut, mercenary thugs, also known as titushky, emerged accompanied by the police. 239 638 945 Previously in trend: Blockade of "DPR/LPR" 
“LPR”/“DPR” terrorists make efforts to counter trade blockade, - MP Semenchenko The “LPR”/“DPR” members organize movement to counter trade blockade of the occupied Donbas launched by Ukrainian activists. 147 563 405 Previously in trend: Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas Blockade of "DPR/LPR" 
