“According to the Ministry of Energy Svetlana Grinchuk, it is planned to buy additional gas for both grant and credit funds for EU guarantees.”, – WRITE: www.unian.ua
According to the Ministry of Energy Svetlana Grinchuk, it is planned to buy additional gas for both grant and credit funds for EU guarantees.
Grinchuk added that negotiations on the financing of “blue fuel import” / photo UA.depositphotos.comUkraine is negotiating on increasing gas imports by approximately 30%, which is about 1.38 billion cubic meters.
According to the UNIAN correspondent, energy Minister Svetlana Grinchuk reported this during a meeting with journalists.
She informed that this issue was discussed during a meeting with the ambassadors of the Great Seven countries on October 7.
“We plan, if we succeed, increase gas imports to 30%,” the minister said.
Grinchuk added that negotiations on the financing of “blue fuel” imports both at the expense of credit and grant.
The official did not name the amount of additional gas required for the heating season, noting that it depends on the intensity of Russian attacks.
Gas reserves in Ukraine and attacks of According to the analytical company Expro, Ukraine has already accumulated larger “blue fuel” stocks in storage than last year. As of September 14, gas reserves amounted to 12.055 billion cubic meters, which is 5 million cubic meters more than at a similar date of 2024.
However, at the same time, the intensity of Russian attacks on Ukrainian gas infrastructure increased.
Russia’s gastric infrastructure strikes – the latest newsRussia continues to systematically attack energy and, in particular, gas infrastructure of Ukraine. In particular, on the night of October 5, Russian invaders struck the second a week of massive blow to gas objects that provide Ukrainians with “blue fuel” during the heating period.
Two days before, the enemy hit the gas facilities of Kharkiv and Poltava regions, using dozens of missiles and drones, not all of which, fortunately, came to the goals.
Already, in June 2025, the Energy Excellence Energy noted that 4.6 billion cubic meters of import gas would be pumped into the storage facility.
On September 13, it became known that the EBRD will provide 500 million euros to the Ukrainian Naftogaz for the purchase of “blue fuel” under the EU guarantee.
As previously reported by energy expert Gennady Ryabtsev, for the successful passage of the autumn and winter period, Ukraine should accumulate at least 13.5 billion cubic meters of gas in storage.
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