As of today, on November 18, Belarus will cut off electricity supplies to Ukraine. This decision came into force in accordance with the established procedure of interaction within the framework of contractual relations. This was reported to BelTA the day before by the press service of the Ministry of Energy of Belarus .
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“The possibility of further supply of electricity to Ukraine will be considered by the Belarusian side, taking into account the technical possibilities,” the press service said
Meanwhile, in the morning of November 17, the relevant Belarusian Ministry announced the disconnection of the А1 BelNPP power unit from the grid due to the operation of the automatic protection system.
What preceded
On November 8, energy market participants received a letter from Belenergo regarding the suspension of electricity supply under framework agreements from November. The Belarusian state-owned enterprise also announced that it would not conclude similar agreements in the future.
Belenergo later clarified that the country will continue to sell electricity to Ukraine during November, and a letter on the suspension of supplies under framework agreements dated November 8 was sent to specific companies that are not scheduled to supply electricity in November 2021.
Earlier, Belarus stated that it would resume electricity exports to Ukraine on November 6. The supply was to run until the end of November.
Source: Ukrgate
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