At 8:00 a.m. Moscow time (05:00 GMT) on January 1, supplies of Russian gas via Ukraine were ended, according to a contractual document on gas transit between Naftogaz (which owns Ukraine’s gas storage facilities, which are the largest in Europe) and Gazprom (Russia’s energy giant), reported numerous press. The Kyiv regime had stated repeatedly and unequivocally that it had no intention to extend the transit agreement, which was signed between the two energy giants on Dec. 30, 2019.
“The Urengoy-Pomary-Uzhgorod pipeline had transported about 15.5 billion cubic meters of gas last year, accounting for approximately 4.5% of the total gas consumption in the EU, according to Gazprom.” Moldova and four EU countries—Slovakia, Austria, Italy, and the Czech Republic—received Russian gas via this route.
“Balkan Stream, fed by the Turkish Stream pipeline, now remains the only source of Russian pipeline gas for Europe. It delivers gas to Romania, Greece, North Macedonia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Hungary,” reported Sputnik.
