War is more important than lack of gas - Poroshenko
Moscow - Kyiv, September 1 (Navigator, Mikhail Stamm) - President Petro Poroshenko says that he will fill gas storage facilities from Europe. “If there is peace in Ukraine, it will not be left without gas. If the situation worsens, gas will not be the most important issue,” he said. Meanwhile, Ukraine clearly does not have enough European gas.
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Ukrtransgaz has successfully completed a test pumping of gas from Slovakia to Ukraine along the new Voyany-Uzhgorod route, Andriy Kobolev, head of the board of Naftogaz of Ukraine, said on Saturday. According to him, test pumping of gas to the planned capacity of 27 million cubic meters. m per day completed successfully.
Meanwhile, the Slovaks so far assess the test results differently. The capacity of the Voyany-Uzhgorod pipeline four days before the start of commercial gas supplies to Ukraine in reverse mode is half the planned level, NG reports.
The planned capacity of the reverse gas pipeline from Slovakia is 27 million cubic meters. m should provide Ukraine with about 10 billion cubic meters. m of gas per year, but Ukraine may need 30 billion cubic meters. m.
At the same time, Gazprom is ready to sell the missing volumes of gas to Ukraine only after it repays its debt.
Poroshenko says that he will fill Ukrainian gas storages not from Russia, but from Europe. According to Poroshenko, before the onset of the winter season there is still time for decision-making. “I can assure that if there is peace in Ukraine, it will not remain without gas. If the situation worsens, gas will not be the most important issue, ”the Ukrainian president believes.
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