EXCLUSIVE Ukraine will not reopen gas route until it controls pipeline system
Source: Reuters
Energy
May 12, 2022
8:37 AM EDT
Last Updated 13 min ago
EXCLUSIVE Ukraine will not reopen gas route until it controls pipeline system
By Pavel Polityuk
KYIV, May 12 (Reuters) - Ukraine will not reopen the Sokhranovka gas transit route from Russia to Europe until Kyiv obtains full control over its pipeline system, the head of operator GTSOU told Reuters on Thursday.
The company on Tuesday declared force majeure citing gas theft by Russia-backed separatists and halted flows via Sokhranovka, which account for almost a third of the gas Russia sends across Ukraine to Europe.
The pipeline runs through Ukraine's Luhansk region, part of which has been under the control of Russia-backed separatists since 2014.
"We won't open. Until full control over the asset," GTSOU boss Sergiy Makogon said in written comments.
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