The operator of Ukraine's gas transmission system GTSOU announced on Tuesday that "due to force majeure" it will stop transporting Russian gas to Europe via the Sochranivka station from tomorrow, Wednesday, 11 May.
Ukraine remains a transit hub for Russian gas to Europe, even after the Russian invasion of the country on February 24.
GTSOU claims that it cannot operate the Novoposkov compression station because of "the interference of the occupation forces in the technical process."
The station, in the Luhansk region, was seized 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, in a pipeline from which some 32.6 million cubic meters of gas are transported per day.
The amount equals one third of the Russian gas transported to Europe via Ukraine, according to GTSOU.
"In order to fulfill its obligations to its European partners and under the terms of the agreement, it is possible to temporarily transfer gas from the Suzhou interconnection point located on territory controlled by Ukraine," GTSOU added in its statement.
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