The end of the transit of Russian herbal fuel Ukraine brought a significant blow to Moscow in its attempts to use power as a weapon, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
The head of state of Ukraine made the comment at a telegram post on January 1, the day after the expiration of an agreement with Russia through its Gazprom electric company, which this fuel can no longer pass through the country to attend To European clients.
Zelensky said the end of the deal “is one of Moscow’s biggest defeats. “
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Ukraine had noticed that he would not renew the public shipping agreement that Reuters declared that it constituted approximately part of the general fuel exports of the Russian pipe to Europe, restricting the financing of the Putin War device.
The transit deal ended on New Year’s Eve after a decade of good power between Russia and Ukraine following Putin’s annexation of Crimea in 2014.
Ukraine has stopped buying Russian fuel the following year, however, the traffic agreement has allowed the appeal to be killed in Europe. Russia still exports fuel through the Turkstream pipe.
A few hours after Russian herbal fuel exports stopped, Zelensky posted in Telegram about Russia’s “cynical energy”.
He said that when Putin became president in 2000, the annual gas pumping through Ukraine to Europe stood at over 130 billion cubic meters (bcm).” Today, the transit of Russian gas is 0,” he wrote. “This is one of Moscow’s biggest defeats.”
Zelensky said that the American fuel and other partners will point out that “the dependence of the European power of Russia will be overcome. “
On December 27, Dtek, the largest personal energy company in Ukraine, received its first delivery of liquefied herbal fuel (LNG) from the United States, after the shipment of one hundred million cubic meters of GNECE.
Signaling the end of the fuel deal, Russian state news firm Tass reported that Kyiv’s refusal to extirpate the deal “gazprom disadvantaged the technical and legal ability to obtain fuel through this route,” explained how in 2024, Russia’s higher, pipeline fuel exports to Europe through 14% year-on-year.
Zelensky acknowledged on Wednesday that while most European countries “have adapted” to the ending of Russian gas transit, allies must support Moldova which is heavily dependent on Russian supplies.
In December, the country implemented a state of emergency in the energy sector amid concerns over the humanitarian impact of reduced gas supplies during the winter months.
Residents of their escaped Transistria region were left with central heating and hot water on Wednesday because of the transit cup, said Tirasteploener, the local power company.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Telegram: “When Putin was handed power in Russia over 25 years ago, the annual gas pumping through Ukraine to Europe stood at over 130 billion cubic meters. Today, the transit of Russian gas is 0. This is one of Moscow’s biggest defeats.”
Gazprom said in a statement: “due to the repeated and clearly expressed refusal of the Ukrainian side to renew these agreements, Gazprom was deprived of the technical and legal ability to supply gas for transit through the territory of Ukraine from January 1.”
DTEK CEO Maxim Timchenko told Newsweek in a statement that the arrival of this LNG cargo was “a clear signal of DTEK’s determination to play its part in strengthening Ukraine and Europe’s energy security.
“Shipments like this not only supply the region with a flexible and secure source of power, but it erodes Russia’s influence over our energy system,” he added.
What happens next
The ending of the deal will see Ukraine will lose around $800 million a year in transit fees, Reuters reported, while Russian gas giant Gazprom will lose close to $5 billion in gas sales.
There is also anticipation in the next move for Slovakia, which is also dependent on Russian fuel. His Prime Minister Robert Fico, who criticized EU aid to Ukraine, met the Russian leader in Moscow to discuss fuel supplies.
Fico had threatened “reciprocal measures” against Ukraine if it did not extend the arrangement, including stopping electricity exports to the country. Ukrainian Energy Minister German Galushchenko told Politico “I don’t think that they would do this.”
Brendan Cole is a Newsweek journalist in London in the United Kingdom. Its objective is Russia and Ukraine, in specific the war introduced through Moscow. It also covers other geopolitical spaces, adding China. Brendan joined Newsweek in 2018 by International Business Times and, as well as in English, meets Russian and French. You can touch Brendan by sending an email to B. cole@newsweek. com or follow him in his account x @brendanmarkcole.