The war also has an effect on gas supplies to Europe. Ukraine interrupts gas transit to the east of the country, Luhansk. The German Ministry of Economy states that supply is secured.
Due to the war, Ukraine will stop the transit of Russian gas to Europe in the Luhansk region in the east of the country this Wednesday. This means that Europe will lack 32.6 million cubic meters of gas per day, which is one third of the daily amount transported from Ukraine to Europe, said the relevant gas transportation entity, OGTSU in Ukraine. Due to the Russian occupation it became impossible to control the Sochranivka points as well as the gas station in Novopskov.
Sochranivka is part of the Sojus pipeline, which runs from the Russian region of Orenburg to Ushhorod in Ukraine. The Ukrainian side had announced that the Russians had recently damaged the work of these units. Orders for the transit of Russian gas through Sochranivka have dropped to zero in the meantime, OGTSU announced. Only gas orders from Gazprom will be accepted for the passage of gas through the Sojus pipeline to the west.
The energy giant Gazprom, which almost daily transported nearly 100 million cubic meters of gas through Ukraine to Europe, stated that “there is no confirmation of a situation under extraordinary factors.” The Ukrainians had worked “undisturbed” in recent weeks in Sochranivska. It is not technically possible for the blocked supplies to pass through the Sudsha checkpoint located on Russian territory near Ukraine, spokesman Sergei Kuprijanov told the Interfax news agency.
Ministry of Economy, Berlin
Ministry of Economy in Berlin: Secured supply
Following the announcement from Ukraine on Wednesday, says the German Ministry of Economy. A spokeswoman for the ministry told the dpa news agency that “security of supply in Germany is currently still further guaranteed.” Germany is not threatened by supply shortages even after gas transit restrictions, the ministry said in Berlin. “We are monitoring the situation closely,” said a spokeswoman for the Economy Ministry. Less gas is used in Germany these months, but the country has to fill spare tanks for the winter.