The administrator transmission system company gas of Ukraine GTSOU announced today that due to force majeure will stop from tomorrow Wednesday, May 11, the transfer of Russian gas to Europe via Sohranifka station.
Ukraine remains transit hub for Russian gas to Europe, even after the Russian invasion of the country on February 24.
THE GTSOU It supports that can not operate the Novopskov compression stationdue to «the intervention of the occupying forces in the technical process “. This station, on the outskirts of Lugansk, was occupied by Russian forces and pro-Russian separatists shortly after the invasion. It is the first compression station in the transit system in the Luhansk region, on a pipeline that carries about 32.6 million cubic meters of gas a day, or a third of Russia’s natural gas to Europe via Ukraine, according to GTSOU.
For its part, the Russian energy giant Gazprom said that it is not technically possible to transfer gas flow to Ukraine to a new entry pointas suggested by GTSOU, the management company of the gas transmission system of Ukraine.
Moscow claims that the separatists have reached the borders of Lugansk
Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine have advanced to the borders of the Luhansk region, according to Moscow, as Russia continues its operations to take over the entire eastern part of the country, one of the main goals of the February 24 war.
According to the spokesman of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Igor Konashenkov, the small town of Popasna, where fierce fighting was taking place as before, “Cleared” by Ukrainian forces.
Moscow has already stated that its goal is to seize the whole of Lugansk from the hands of Ukrainian forces.
The Ukrainian governor of the region Sergiy Haidai denied the Russian announcement of the advance, calling it a “fantasy”. The Ukrainian military had to withdraw from Popasna, he admitted, but Russian forces have not broken through the defenses, he added via Telegram. It did not become clearer.
In the south, they reported new Russian pounding in Azovstalthe factory that is the last stronghold of the Ukrainian forces in Mariupol, and in Odessa.
Strategic ports are located in both urban centers. The road that connects eastern Ukraine with the Crimean peninsula, annexed by Moscow in 2014, also passes through Mariupol.
On Tuesday, the Ukrainian Orthodox Archbishop Onoufrios appealed to Russian President Vladimir Putin to allow, as a good Christian as he put it, the Azofstal steel besiegers to leave, or to areas controlled by a state or three. Ukrainian officials claim that about 100 civilians remain at the facility. Russian sources say that in the vast factory are fortified 2,000 Ukrainian soldiers, far-right and foreign mercenaries, who have rejected the repeated offers of the Russian army to lay down their arms for a living.
The war, which is in its 11th week, has claimed the lives of at least 3,381 civiliansaccording to the UN human rights office in Ukraine, of which some 1,000 were killed in Mariupol alone.
The actual death toll among the civilians, however, is probably much heavier, as it is impossible to record them completely in the midst of hostilities.
According to the United Nations, the conflict uprooted much of the population of Ukraine. The number of internally displaced people has reached eight million, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), while 5.9 million people have sought refuge abroad, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
First step in Congress to approve colossal $ 40 billion aid package to Ukraine
The House of Representatives approved on Tuesday night (early today Greek time) a draft law on a colossal package of spending nearly $ 40 billion requested by US President Joe Biden to provide US military, humanitarian and financial assistance to Ukraine, which was invaded by the Russian army on 24 February.
The text, which was approved by a vote of both parties, remains to be approved by the Senate before it reaches the office of the US President.
With this “aid program” “America sends the whole message to the world that our determination to support the courageous people of Ukraine until victory over Russia is invincible”, said Nancy Pelosi, Democratic President of the House, a few hours before the vote.
The 6 billion is intended for Ukraine to acquire armored vehicles, to strengthen its air defense and to receive various weapons and ammunition, while fighting is raging in its eastern and southern parts. Nearly 9 billion is earmarked to ensure “the continuity of Ukrainian democratic institutions”, while part of the amount is earmarked for humanitarian aid.
Chuck Sumer, the leader of the Democrats in the Senate, said yesterday that “the rapid adoption of funding is necessary to help the Ukrainian people in their fight against the inhumane (Russian President Vladimir Putin)”, referring to “moral duty” to stand by “our friends in Ukraine”. The US House of Representatives is expected to vote on the bill later this week, or early next year at the latest.
On Monday, President Biden called on Congress to approve the funding “immediately.”as the matter is urgent, according to him.
US intelligence chief Avril Haynes said yesterday that Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is preparing for a protracted war in Ukraine, is counting on Western aid to Kyiv to dwindle.
The Russian president “probably” counts on the weakening of the determination of the United States and the European Union “in the midst of” food shortages and rising energy prices, “according to Ms. Haynes.
Two influential senators, Lindsay Graham (Republicans) and Richard Blumenthal (Democrats), suggested yesterday that Russia be blacklisted by “pro-democracy” states in the wake of US retaliation against Moscow. This list currently includes four countries: Cuba, Iran, Syria and North Korea.
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