“We, by protocol decision of the National Security and Defense Council made a decision together with the Cabinet of Ministers, NJSC Naftogaz, the GTS Operator to determine special conditions for the transportation of additional volumes of natural gas through the GTS of Ukraine to the EU countries in the amount of at least 55 billion cubic meters per year,” RIA Novosti quotes the words Danilova at the briefing.
He added that special conditions apply to additional volumes of gas transportation to the EU in excess of 40 billion cubic meters contracted by Gazprom.
m per year.
As Bloomberg reported earlier, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy offered Gazprom a discount on gas transit in excess of the contract.
Russian President Vladimir Putin noted that it is dangerous to further increase transit through the gas transportation system of Ukraine, since the pipe may "burst", since the system "has not been repaired for decades."
As of October 18, Gazprom has not booked additional transportation capacity for gas transit through Ukraine for November.