“We, unfortunately, set ourselves up.

And in this situation, I do not exclude that, depending on the temperature in winter, in December-January there may be a situation when the volume of gas will not be physically enough, ”Kucherenko said on the First Independent TV channel.

According to him, Ukraine may have to raise the issue of concluding a direct contract with Gazprom.

He also noted that Ukraine is likely to face problems in the field of electricity generation.

Earlier, former Ukrainian Minister of Economy Viktor Suslov said that the government and President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky made gross mistakes that led to the difficult situation in Kiev in the gas sector.