Plants in DPR to start working full-scale as early as next week - DPR leader
ZUGRESS (Donetsk region). April 7 (Interfax) - Several metallurgical and other industrial facilities in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) will start working full-scale next week, DPR leader Alexander Zakharchenko said.
"All the appropriate contracts have been signed. Next week the first shipment of raw materials will arrive and it will allow starting the first metal at Yenakiyeve Metallurgical Plant. Since it is going to start operating, the interrelated plants start working," Zakharchenko told reporters in summing up the results of the first month of the plants' operation under external management of the DPR authorities.
All those employed at the plants are paid their wages as scheduled, in Russian rubles, he added.
No notable acts of sabotage have taken place since the external management was introduced for the businesses of Ukrainian jurisdiction, Zakharchenko said.
"Basically, we were able to avoid big acts of sabotage at the enterprises, although there were some attempts," Zakharchenko said.