KIEV, Feb. 10 – Mariupol Illich Steel Mill (Donetsk region) has said that its key task in relations with the state is to achieve the payment of a VAT debt that has reached UAH 800 million, the mill's board chairman and director general, Volodymyr Boiko, said at a press conference in Mariupol on Tuesday.

"It's not out fault that the state does not keep its promises. We'll try to survive for two or three months and then we'll try to achieve a VAT reimbursement before the mill is forced to stop. The whole world will support us, as we worked honestly during all the previous years," he said.