“The volume of Russian gas supplied to Europe through Ukraine is relatively small. In 2023, Russia delivered about 15 billion cubic meters of gas through Ukraine”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
A spokeswoman for the European Commission said on Monday evening that the European gas infrastructure is flexible enough to supply gas of non-Russian origin to Central and Eastern Europe via alternative routes.
“The impact of the suspension of transit through Ukraine on the security of supply in the EU is limited,” said the spokeswoman, quoted by DPA.
In October, during a joint press conference with the head of the government of Slovakia, Robert Fico, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal already stated that Ukraine will not extend the agreement with Russia on the transit of energy carriers after its expiration.
On December 27, the Prime Minister of Slovakia, Robert Fico, said that his country will consider actions in response to Ukraine’s termination of transit of Russian gas from January 1. According to him, Bratislava will stop the supply of electricity if necessary.
The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, noted that in the total volume of electricity imports from the European Union, the share coming from Slovakia is about 19%.
The volume of Russian gas supplied to Europe through Ukraine is relatively small. In 2023, Russia delivered about 15 billion cubic meters of gas through Ukraine – only 8% of the peak flows of Russian gas to Europe via various routes in 2018-19.