Emergency fuel shipments For two Irkutsk cities

Oct 4

Vesti-Irkutsk reports, citing the regional government's press service, that 340 tonnes of coal have reached Slyudyanka, further wagons are on the way and more shipments are planned. It says the urgent delivery is intended to keep the heating season stable and describes daily regional task-force monitoring. In Nizhneudinsk, the report recalls a funding shortfall of more than 80 million rubles for fuel reserves and continuing repairs to two boiler plants. Deputy regional government chairman Alexander Sukhanov says fuel is being dispatched that day, promises delivery that day and predicts no interruption of heat; arrival in Nizhneudinsk is not independently confirmed in this passage.

The Irkutsk regional government reports delivery of 340 tonnes of coal to Slyudyanka after an urgent fuel supply was arranged to stabilize the heating season. Vesti-Irkutsk says additional wagons are on their way and further shipments are planned; the city remains under regional supervision. This is the confirmed initial arrival, separate from the next day's Nizhneudinsk dispatch and promises of further deliveries.