Radoslaw Sikorski, the head of the Polish Foreign Ministry, responded to the news about the suspension of Russian gas transit to Europe by entering the X platform, saying that this is another victory after the expansion of NATO to Finland and Sweden. ” Sikorski mentioned that Russian President Vladimir Putin is building the Nord Stream gas pipeline (through the Baltic Sea) to “pass through Ukraine and blackmail Eastern Europe by threatening to block the gas pipeline.” “And today, Ukraine has the opportunity to export gas directly to It will stop the European Union,” Sikorski emphasized.
On Wednesday morning, the Ministry of Energy in Kyiv announced that at 7 a.m. local time (6 a.m. in Poland) Ukraine suspended the transit of Russian gas through its territory.
– This is a historical event. Russia will lose markets and suffer financial losses as well. The Minister of Energy of Ukraine Herman Halushchenko said that Europe has already decided to give up Russian raw materials.
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Sikorsky Records
The head of Polish diplomacy, Radoslaw Sikorski, explained the decision of the Kyiv authorities regarding Platform X. In the first article written in English, the Foreign Minister stated that “Putin spent billions of dollars on the construction of the Nord Stream gas pipeline (North Stream – ed.) to bypass Ukraine and blackmail Eastern Europe by threatening to cut off gas supplies.” to do .”
“Today, Ukraine stopped the possibility of direct gas exports to the European Union. Another victory after the expansion of NATO to Finland and Sweden,” said Sikorski.
In the next entry, in Polish, the head of Polish diplomacy said that “Putin was building Nord Stream to avoid Ukraine and to blackmail Eastern Europe by threatening to close the gas pipeline, and today Ukraine was prevented from exporting gas directly to the European Union. Who under whom he is digging a well…”
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The five-year contract has ended
On Wednesday morning, the 5-year agreement between Moscow and Kiev on gas transit ended, which Ukraine did not renew due to the Russian military attack in February 2022.
The Russian section of the “Voice of America” radio station mentioned that Ukraine gives up about 800 million dollars in gas transit fees from Russia every year.
Last year, Reuters estimated that Russia’s income from gas exports through Ukraine was about five billion dollars. Exports of the Russian state company “Gazprom” to Europe through all pipelines in 2024 amounted to 32 billion cubic meters, almost half of which went to the European market through Ukraine.
tvn24.pl, Voice of America, The Moscow Times, NV
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