According to the newspaper, the creation of such a group is evidenced by letters signed by Prime Minister Denis Shmygal and the head of the President's office, Andrei Yermak.
“It is planned to create an entire communication platform for discussing and developing proposals on measures to neutralize threats that may appear after the launch of Nord Stream 2,” the message says.
As noted in the Russian Foreign Ministry, the Russian side has no task to suspend gas supplies through Ukraine, and Russia has never used energy and its natural resources as an element of pressure or blackmail.
At the same time, Naftogaz Ukrainy emphasized that the launch of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline threatens to lose the country's revenues from transit, as well as the loss of the “security component”.
Russian President Vladimir Putin noted that Moscow is ready to load the Ukrainian gas transportation system in the future after the expiration of the transit contract, if an agreement is reached with Kiev.
The United States has appointed diplomat Amos Hochstein as senior adviser to the State Department for energy security to work to "reduce the risks" associated with Nord Stream 2.
As noted in the Kremlin, such special envoys for the project, which has nothing to do with the United States and is generally located on another continent, speak eloquently about what is called "interference in internal affairs."