KIEV, Sept. 19 – Parliament at the initiative of the government has increased the partial coverage of the costs of coal products by UAH 2.1 billion through increasing the budget deficit and reducing the funding of Naftogaz Ukrayiny.

Some 261 MPs voted for the bill, with 226 votes needed for approval.

"It is foreseen to increase financial resources by UAH 2.1 billion to pay wages to miners…at the expense of Naftogaz's government domestic loan bonds," reads an explanatory note to the document.