Russian giant Gazprom abruptly announced on Tuesday a drop of more than 40% in its gas deliveries to Germany via the Nord Stream gas pipeline, arguing that German firm Siemens did not deliver the equipment needed its.
Gas deliveries through the Nord Stream pipeline can only be guaranteed up to a volume of 100 million m3 of gas per day instead of 167 million m3 every planned day he said in a statement posted on the Telegram.
Russia’s largest company has already argued over the absence of Siemens compressors, only three gas compression units are currently available at the compressor station Portovayalocated near Vyborg, very close to the Finnish border, where the Nord Stream is full.
Gazprom’s announcement came amid speculation about an imminent visit to Kyiv by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who will be accompanied on the occasion by French President Emmanuel Macron and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky continues to pressure Chancellor Scholz to agree to give him more weapons as Ukraine’s armed forces are forced to retreat under Russian fire in Sievierodonetsk, in the Luhansk region.
In a television interview on German ZDF broadcast on Monday night, Mr. Zelensky invited him to stop finding balance in his relationship between the two quarrelsome. He and his government must decide: there can be no compromise between Ukraine and relations with Russiahe stoned it.
More details to come.
Radio Canada
Source: Radio-Canada
