The logo of the Russian firm Gazprom in Moscow. Photo by AFP
Russia’s attacks on eastern Ukraine, especially in the Lugansk region, have forced kyiv to cut a third of Russian gas transit to Europe, while in the Donetsk region the authorities warned of the risk of death of thousands of citizens in Mariupol by the end of the year. This situation has raised fears that Russia’s invasion could exacerbate the energy crisis in Europe.
For analysts, the kyiv announcement can raise prices even more which has been deleted.
The Deputy Chief of the Main Operations Department of the General Staff of Ukraine, Brigadier General Aleksey Gromov, noted that Ukrainian forces have stopped a large -scale offensive by the Russians in the Kharkov and Izium regions, which were recently destroyed by kyiv troops a Russian command.
The General Staff on Tuesday announced the liberation of several towns north and northeast of the city of Kharkov.
According to the US-based Institute for the Study of War (ISW), “the Ukrainian military offensive is likely to reach 10 kilometers from the Russian border.”
For analysts, the kyiv announcement could push prices, which are skyrocketing, even higher. Photo by Reuters
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The operator of Ukrainian gas systems, GTSOU, will have to cut off the transfer of Russian gas to Europe by “force majeure” through the Sokhranivka metering point and the Novopskov compression station, in the occupied territory of Lugansk.
By Novopskov up to 32.6 million cubic meters are carried daily of Russia’s fuel in Europe, nearly a third of the total.
Ukraine has confirmed, however, that it can move gas transit to the Sudzha metering point in the amount of 72 million cubic meters per day.
Ukraine’s gas pipeline operator GTSOU said in a statement that Russia’s state energy giant Gazprom had “stopped supplying gas” at the Sokhranivka transit point.
GTSOU was announced late Tuesday which suspended circulation through Sokhranivkaciting intervention from the Russian military.
Also on Tuesday, Ukrainian state energy company Naftogaz said it had told Gazprom that is no longer responsible of gas transit through the territory occupied by Russian forces.
The volume of gas passing through that area represents a third of the total passing through Ukraine to Europe, according to Naftogaz.
A gas pipeline in Bulgaria. Photo by AFP
Kyiv’s announcement contributes to fears that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could push up prices.
“Gazprom turned off the faucet” in Sokhranivka, GTSOU said on Wednesday.
The company also explained that Russia redirected gas reserved for transit through Ukraine in the secluded republics in the east.
GTSOU has promised to temporarily redirect all supplies through another crossing to the north, the Sudzha, to “fully meet its transit obligations to European partners”.
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