“Since the beginning of this month, transit volumes have fallen significantly, because Gazprom, Naftogaz, and European consumers expected no transit from January 1,” Vitrenko quoted Interfax-Ukraine as saying.
Therefore, as he pointed out, there was no readiness to "fully boot the system."
He also recalled that, according to the agreements reached, Gazprom pays for the reservation of capacities of the Ukrainian gas transportation system, regardless of their use.
The agency notes that gas transit through Ukraine on January 1, 2020 amounted to 49.3 million cubic meters. m, which is 5.3 times less than the average daily figure for December last year - 261 million cubic meters. m
At the same time, as emphasized, as of January 8, transit exceeded 100 million cubic meters. m per day.
Expert Igor Yushkov commented on NSN reports of a decrease in gas transit through Ukraine in the first two days of 2020.