Russian energy giant Gazprom announced on Wednesday 1is January that it had cut off its gas supplies transiting through Ukraine due to the expiration of key agreements and the lack of renewal from the Ukrainian side.
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| Photo taken on April 22, 2015 at a gas pumping station in Boyarka, Kyiv region. |
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The agreements, signed on December 30, 2019, included a contract between Gazprom and the Ukrainian national oil and gas company Naftogaz on the transportation of Russian gas through the territory of Ukraine, as well as a cooperation agreement between the operators of the gas transmission systems of gas from both countries.
These agreements officially expired at 08:00 Moscow time (05:00 GMT) on Wednesday 1is January, Gazprom said on Telegram.
Gazprom said Ukraine had repeatedly and unequivocally refused to extend these agreements, leaving the Russian company without the technical and legal means to continue gas transit through Ukraine.
As a result, the supply of Russian gas through the territory of Ukraine stopped at 08:00 Moscow time on Wednesday 1er January, he added.
Xinhua/VNA/CVN
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