In Kiev reported on the reduction of gas transit by Gazprom – RBK

So, on December 31, 83.8 million cubic meters were pumped. m of gas, and on January 1, the volume fell immediately by 40% – to a minimum since the beginning of November. On January 2, pumping fell from 49.5 to 35.5 million cubic meters. m.

On December 22, Naftogaz sent a complaint to the European Commission over Gazprom’s actions on the European gas market. According to the Ukrainian side, Gazprom has sharply reduced the sale of its own gas in the European spot market, despite the growing demand, and limits the ability of other companies to supply additional volumes of gas to Europe and compete with Gazprom, – said the head of the company Yuriy Vitrenko.

On December 23, during a large press conference, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that demand from Ukraine could be one of the reasons for the observed surge in gas exchange prices in Europe. He noted that Gazprom supplied to Germany 10% more gas than provided for in long-term contracts, and now from there it is redirected by reverse to Poland. In addition, there is a pipe that connects the Polish GTS with the Ukrainian one, with a volume of about 3 million cubic meters. m per day and that is how much gas from Germany goes to Poland, the president continued. This allows us to assume that gas eventually goes through Poland to Ukraine, which creates a gas shortage and a rise in prices in Europe, he explained.