In the first hours of 2025, the transfer of natural gas from Russia to Europe through the territory of Ukraine was stopped. This stop happened due to the end of the transit agreement between the two countries and the inability of Moscow and Kiev to reach a new agreement in the current war.
Publish dateWednesday 1 January 2025 - 16:26
According to Amac News: Citing Euronews, the Russian state company Gazprom announced in a statement: "Due to the repeated and clear refusal of the Ukrainian side to extend these agreements, Gazprom technically and legally lost the possibility of supplying gas for transit through the territory of Ukraine." gave."
The Ministry of Energy of Ukraine also announced that the transfer of Russian gas through Ukraine has been stopped "due to the interests of national security". "We have stopped the transit of Russian gas," Ukrainian Energy Minister Herman Galushchenko said in a statement. This is a historic event. Russia will lose its markets and suffer financial losses. "Europe has already decided to abandon Russian gas."
This stoppage of gas exports to Europe ends a decade of tense relations between Moscow and Kiev. Tensions began after Crimea was annexed by Russia in 2014, and Ukraine stopped buying gas from the country in 2015.
Observers had predicted a halt in gas flows, as Ukraine had repeatedly said it would not renew the contract due to wartime conditions.
According to reports, the Russian state-owned company Gazprom also assumed last year that it would no longer be possible to use the Ukrainian transit route.
This route accounted for about half of Russia's pipeline gas exports to Europe.
Russia will continue to export gas to Europe through the TurkStream pipeline, which runs through the Black Sea bed.
Turkstream has two branches: one for the Turkish domestic market and the other for supplying customers in Central Europe, including Hungary and Serbia.
The European Union has stepped up its efforts to reduce dependence on Russian energy since the start of the war in Ukraine in 2022 and has been looking for alternative sources.
Countries that continued to buy Russian gas through Ukraine, including Slovakia and Austria, have also made arrangements for alternative supplies.
However, Moldova, which was once part of the Soviet Union, is one of the countries most affected by the shutdown and has announced that it will have to cut its gas consumption by a third.
Ukraine will lose about 800 million dollars annually due to the loss of revenues from gas transit rights. On the other hand, Gazprom will also lose nearly 5 billion dollars from its gas sales.
At the same time, the Yamal-Europe pipeline, which passed through Belarus, is also closed, because the Nord Stream route, which reached Germany from the Baltic Sea, was destroyed in 2022.
In total, Russia's various pipelines transported the equivalent of 201 billion cubic meters of gas to Europe in 2018, but this had dropped to around 15 billion cubic meters via Ukraine in 2023.
The Ministry of Energy of Ukraine also announced that the transfer of Russian gas through Ukraine has been stopped "due to the interests of national security". "We have stopped the transit of Russian gas," Ukrainian Energy Minister Herman Galushchenko said in a statement. This is a historic event. Russia will lose its markets and suffer financial losses. "Europe has already decided to abandon Russian gas."
This stoppage of gas exports to Europe ends a decade of tense relations between Moscow and Kiev. Tensions began after Crimea was annexed by Russia in 2014, and Ukraine stopped buying gas from the country in 2015.
Observers had predicted a halt in gas flows, as Ukraine had repeatedly said it would not renew the contract due to wartime conditions.
According to reports, the Russian state-owned company Gazprom also assumed last year that it would no longer be possible to use the Ukrainian transit route.
This route accounted for about half of Russia's pipeline gas exports to Europe.
Russia will continue to export gas to Europe through the TurkStream pipeline, which runs through the Black Sea bed.
Turkstream has two branches: one for the Turkish domestic market and the other for supplying customers in Central Europe, including Hungary and Serbia.
The European Union has stepped up its efforts to reduce dependence on Russian energy since the start of the war in Ukraine in 2022 and has been looking for alternative sources.
Countries that continued to buy Russian gas through Ukraine, including Slovakia and Austria, have also made arrangements for alternative supplies.
However, Moldova, which was once part of the Soviet Union, is one of the countries most affected by the shutdown and has announced that it will have to cut its gas consumption by a third.
Ukraine will lose about 800 million dollars annually due to the loss of revenues from gas transit rights. On the other hand, Gazprom will also lose nearly 5 billion dollars from its gas sales.
At the same time, the Yamal-Europe pipeline, which passed through Belarus, is also closed, because the Nord Stream route, which reached Germany from the Baltic Sea, was destroyed in 2022.
In total, Russia's various pipelines transported the equivalent of 201 billion cubic meters of gas to Europe in 2018, but this had dropped to around 15 billion cubic meters via Ukraine in 2023.
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Source : news agency Euro News
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