Ukraine ramps up gas imports from EU, reports Reuters
www.pravda.com.ua
Sun, 09 Feb 2025 11:08:36 +0200
Ukraine has sustained high gas imports at 16.3 million cubic metres on Sunday, 9 February, continuing to source from the EU market.
Source Reuters, citing data provided by the operator of the staterun gas transmission system Details The data show that Ukraine imports 7.1 million cubic metres of gas from Hungary, 7.3 million cubic metres from Slovakia and 1.8 million cubic metres from Poland.
Reuters reported that Ukraine had begun significantly increasing gas imports last week following a series of Russian missile strikes on Ukrainian gas sector facilities in recent months.
In January, Russia launched dozens of missiles and drones targeting the western part of Lviv Oblast, home to gas storage facilities, and Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraines primary gas production region.
Background Russian missile attacks on Ukrainian stateowned gas assets have forced the country to buy expensive alternative fuel from the European Union.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that Ukraine wants to become a hub for the supply of US liquefied natural gas from Ukraine to the EU.
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