The Ukrainian state gas network operator has agreed with its Hungarian counterpart on natural gas supplies. And starting in January next year.
Gas supply capacity from Hungary to Ukraine should increase by almost 30 percent. Around eight million cubic meters of gas a day will flow from Hungary alone to the east. “The guarantee for import capacity from Hungary will contribute to the diversification of gas supplies and the strengthening of Ukraine’s energy security,” said representatives of GTSOU, the Ukrainian transmission system operator.
The agreement is very important for Ukraine. The former Soviet Union has not taken any natural gas from Russia since 2015 after Moscow annexed the Crimean peninsula. Ukraine buys gas in various European countries, including, for example, Slovakia. She does everything she can to avoid the slightest dependence on Russia.
The Ukrainian company Naftogaz also called on the European Union to stop the bullying of the Russian company Gazprom, which allegedly is abusing its dominant position on the European gas market. “Gazprom’s practices are anti-competitive and have a significant negative impact on all European consumers,” said Naftogaz chief Yuri Vitrenko.
