“Finally, we received a fax proposal from Gazprom, which all the media write about ... We will carefully study it and provide a constructive answer in the near future,” he wrote on Facebook.

As Vitrenko noted, Ukraine "will be a reliable partner for Europe in the transit of gas in full compliance with European rules."

Previously, Gazprom stated that they had sent Naftogaz a proposal to extend the existing contract for a year or to conclude a new gas transit agreement.