KYIV. March 15 (Interfax) - The Donbas blockade has caused substantial economic damage to Ukraine, and the heads of the self-proclaimed republics and the Samopomich and Batkivshchyna factions at the Verkhovna Rada are to blame for this, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.
"Obviously, the conduct of our blockaders will cost Ukraine a pretty penny. Estimates will show the precise amounts, and we will claim the damages not only from the self-proclaimed republics, but also from the Samopomich and Batkivshchyna [parties], and other instigators and promoters of this blockade," the presidential press service quoted Poroshenko as saying at a National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) meeting in Kyiv on Wednesday.