Ukraine Resumes Russia Gas Imports, Curbing EU Supply Risk
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Ukraine began importing Russian gas for the first time in almost six months, reducing the temptation to siphon off fuel piped across the country to the rest of Europe during freezing winter months.
Ukraine will receive as much as 43.5 million cubic meters of natural gas a day for the coming month from OAO Gazprom, the Russian state exporter, Maxim Bilyavskiy, a spokesman for pipeline operator UkrTransGaz, said by phone. That’s equal to about a fifth of the current demand in Ukraine, which has relied on supplies from Europe through so-called reverse flows.