KYIV, Nov 26 – One of the main tasks of the Energy Ministry in the short term is to pay off UAH 1.4 billion of wage arrears to miners, Acting Energy Minister Yuriy Boiko said.

"Our short-term task is to implement the provisions of bill No. 4119, according to which UAH 1.4 billion is allocated to pay off salary arrears to miners," he said at an online briefing in Kyiv on Thursday.