Moscow denied it on Wednesday the Ukrainian sidewho stated that due “force majeure” closes a Russian gas pipeline to EuropeSaying that “There is no force majeure”, as Russia fulfills its contractual obligations for supplies.
The managing company of the Gas Transmission System of Ukraine GTSOUannounced that Russian gas can no longer be transited through the Sohranifka junction.
“Russia has always fulfilled its obligations under the agreement with confidence,” the Kremlin spokesman told reporters. Dmitry Peshkov.
Peshkov reiterated the official line of the Russian state-owned gas company Gazprom, arguing that there were no “force majeure” incidents that could affect its gas supplies.
“The Ukrainian side has mentioned some conditions of force majeure. We heard statements from Gazprom that they did not exist explanations for force majeureHe argued.
The Kremlin spokesman added that the internal political situation in the country was stable, and rejected US reports that Vladimir Putin was planning to declare martial law in Russia.
In energy alarm is the EU after the announcement of Ukraine on Sokhranifka.
The management company of Ukraine’s gas transmission system claimed that it could not operate the Novopskov compression plant due to “the intervention of the occupying forces in the technical process”.
This station, in Lugansk region, 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 from where approximately 32.6 million cubic meters are transported gas per day or one third of it Russian gas transported to Europe via Ukraine, according to GTSOU.
Gazprom said it was not technically possible to divert gas flow to Ukraine to a new entry point, as suggested by GTSOU.
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