According to TASS, as of May 27, Germany's gas storage facilities were 46.4% full.

On May 10, the head of the German Foreign Ministry, during a press conference in Kyiv, said that Germany was reducing its dependence on Russian energy carriers to zero.

According to her, "this is forever."

After that, a member of the Bundestag committee on climate protection and energy, Steffen Kotre, said that Germany's complete refusal of Russian gas, which Burbock claims, is impossible and inappropriate, perhaps the minister's "emotions got the better of reason."