KIEV, Nov. 5 – The Ukrainian government will continue supplying gas and electricity to the rebel-controlled areas of Donbas, despite the absence of any payments, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said at a cabinet meeting on Wednesday.

"I'd like to express the position of the government, my position – we've discussed this. We have our citizens there and the government will not allow these people to freeze, as this will lead to the humanitarian catastrophe. These are our territories, these are our people and we'll deal with terrorists separately. Winter is at hand and if we behave severely, this will be first severely towards our citizens. We'll supply gas and electricity there," he said.