Ukraine will not continue to transit Russian gas. This was stated by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a press conference in Brussels, UNN reports.
“We will not continue the transit of Russian gas. We will not allow them to earn additional billions on our blood. And any country in the world that can get something cheap from Russia will eventually become dependent on Russia - this is their policy. Therefore, we will not transit Russian gas,” Zelensky said.
Zelenskyy said he had spoken to Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico about this topic.
Today, my colleagues and I spoke, and the Prime Minister of Slovakia spoke today. I clearly explained to him that if it is not gas from Russia, from another country, if a European country is ready to receive gas and not pay this money to Russia until the war is over, then we can think about it. But we will not give Russia the opportunity to earn extra money from this war
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The Energy Ministry announced that Russian gas transit through Ukraine will stop on January 1 .
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal had a conversation with Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico. They discussed the uninterrupted supply of natural gas in the winter, as well as the fact that Ukraine is ready to transit any gas other than Russian gas.