"Russian Gas via Ukraine, European Supply Decreases... One Line Suspended"

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Supply of Russian natural gas to Europe via Ukraine is facing disruptions.

Russian Interfax news agency reported on the 11th (local time) that the volume of Russian natural gas supplied to Europe through Ukraine decreased by 16.2 million cubic meters compared to the previous day. Sergey Kupriyanov, spokesperson for Gazprom, the Russian state-owned gas company, stated that 72 million cubic meters of gas would be supplied via Ukraine that day, which is 16.2 million cubic meters less than the 88.2 million cubic meters transported to Europe through Ukraine the day before. On the 2nd, 98.9 million cubic meters were transported.

Ukraine explained that from that day, the gas transportation line passing through the Russian southern Rostov Oblast's Sokhranovka base (called Sokhraniuka in Ukrainian) to Donbas Luhansk Oblast (Luhansk) would be shut down, and only the line connecting Russia's western Kursk Oblast's Sudzha base to Ukraine's Sumy Oblast would be used.

Ukrainian gas transportation company GTSOU announced the previous day that due to a "force majeure situation," gas transportation via the Sokhraniuka line would be suspended starting the 11th. GTSOU stated that Ukraine no longer has full control over the Sokhraniuka line passing through the conflict zone in the Luhansk region of Donbas.

Even after Russia began its military operation in Ukraine, Ukraine has continued to serve as a transit route for Russian gas to Europe. The Sokhraniuka line transported about 32.6 million cubic meters per day, accounting for about one-third of the Russian gas going to Europe through Ukraine.

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