“The Slovak energy network is part of the European Energy Network (ENTSO-E), so if Slovakia wants to close its “entrances” to Ukraine, the decision will be made not by the Slovak operator, but by the unified network. This was announced by Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal during question time to the government, answering a question about the consequences of Slovakia’s possible termination of electricity supply to Ukraine. “There is a Slovak power grid”, — write on: ua.news
The Slovak energy network is part of the European Energy Network (ENTSO-E), so if Slovakia wants to close its “entrances” to Ukraine, the decision will be made not by the Slovak operator, but by the unified network.
This was announced by Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal during question time to the government, answering a question about the consequences of Slovakia’s possible termination of electricity supply to Ukraine.
“The Slovak power grid is part of the unified network. That is, even if they closed their “entrances” to Ukraine for repairs, for some short period, then, according to the rules of the unified market, the corresponding amount of electricity will be proportionally distributed among other electricity supplier countries. But such a decision should not be made by Slovak operators, but by the unified energy grid itself. And the European Commission is keeping a close eye on this,” Shmyhal said.
Currently, there is no threat of reducing or limiting the volume of electricity imports, and in the first days of January, Ukraine continued to receive electricity, including from Slovakia, without restrictions.
Ukraine is a full member of the European Energy Network (ENTSO-E) and the Energy Community of the European Union, the Prime Minister reminded.
As soon as the Prime Minister of Slovakia announced the threat of stopping the import of electricity to Ukraine, the Ministry of Energy addressed these institutions and the European Commission with a corresponding statement.
“There was a reaction, we have answers,” Shmyhal noted.
The day before, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico expanded his list of threats against Ukraine for stopping the transit of Russian gas.
The transit of Russian gas through Ukraine to Europe and Moldova was stopped at 7 a.m. on the first day of 2025. It was at this hour that Naftogaz’s contract with the Russian supplier Gazprom ended. In the conditions of a full-scale war against our country, Kyiv fundamentally refused to continue relations with the Russian Federation.
Earlier we wrote that Ukraine, by stopping the transit of Russian gas, deprived the Russian Federation of one of its last levers of influence on Europe. This was announced by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Andriy Sybiga.
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