Donbas Trade Blockade Poses a Challenge to Ukrainian Authorities - Szeligowski, Daniel (Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych, 2017)
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko's ad-hoc decision to authorise the trade blockade of Russia-occupied parts of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions was taken to diminish the risk of political instability in the country. However, the blockade will not solve the problem of the lack of a coherent state policy towards that area and poses a challenge to Ukraine's energy security. Poland, for its part, has instruments it can use to support the modernisation of Ukraine's energy system