“After Russian rocket firing, gas production in Ukraine decreased by 40%. In response, the country plans to import up to 800 million cubic meters of gas from Europe in February and March to cover a shortage. Reuters writes about it. “We could do without imports in this heating season but production attacks make us import of gas to compensate for reductions”, – Write On: ua.news
After Russian rocket firing, gas production in Ukraine decreased by 40%. In response, the country plans to import up to 800 million cubic meters of gas from Europe in February and March to cover a shortage.
Reuters writes about it.
“We could do without imports in this heating season, but production attacks make us import of gas to compensate for the reduction of domestic production,” said the anonymous source of the agency.
After the invasion of 2022, Russia has already directed many missile and unmanned attacks on the electricity sector of Ukraine, but in recent weeks it has increased attacks on gas deposits.
Naftogaz and the large private energy company DTEK said that in February Russia has at least twice attacked and damaged their facilities.
Ukraine produced about 52 million cubic meters of gas a day, and consumed from 110 to 140 million cubic meters a day in winter. The deficit was covered from gas storage facilities.
The gas transportation system operator of Ukraine reports that the country has started to increase gas imports in early February, and since then the volumes have increased almost 10 times and exceeded 20 million cubic meters per day.
The source and energy officials do not disclose the current level of gas production. Ukraine mainly uses gas to heat homes and household needs.
The main gas production capacities of Ukraine are vulnerable to Russian attacks, as they are located in the frontier of Kharkiv region and neighboring Poltava region.
The source reported that gas reserves in Ukraine’s storage facilities, but with the planned import and gas production of gas, the country will be able to survive the heating season, which usually begins in late October and ends in April, without the introduction of any restrictions for industry and households.
The source reported that Ukraine needs to start gas pumping for the winter season 2025/26 in the spring, as well as to accumulate about 13 billion cubic meters of gas. At the beginning of the current season, there were 12.9 billion cubic meters of gas in Ukraine storage.
The source noted that it was unclear what amount of gas can be imported after March, as it would depend on the level of local production, which is directly affected by the intensity of Russian rocket strokes.
We will remind that on the night of February 21, 2025 (from 19.00 February 20) the enemy attacked 160 shock UAVs of the type Shahd and drone-simitors of different types in the directions: Orel, Bryansk, Kursk, Millervo, Shatalovo-Rat. blow to two Ballistic missiles of Iskander-M/Kn-23 by Odessa from Crimea.
Over the past day, the Russians made 73 shelling of the border of Sumy region, there is damage.
Russian troops last day, February 20, killed seven residents of Donetsk region.
