Economist announced acute gas shortage in Ukraine 20:59

The gas reserves in Ukraine were almost exhausted, which forced the country to turn to reserve reserves. This is specified in the material Ria Novosti.

The agency’s article says that Ukraine can return to gas imports from European countries and solve this problem. According to reports, Ukraine will face 5 billion cubic meters of natural gas purchasing (1 billion cubic meters), which is five times higher than the import of previous years. Such a purchase cost is estimated to be $ 2.3 billion, excluding transportation costs.

Pavel Maryshev, a member of the Russian Gas Association expert council, said that Ukrainian reserves have fallen to 940 million cubic meters in a speech with II Novosti.

Naftogas declared independence in providing domestic demand, but lost. Therefore, “Donor fuel” made emergencies searches, Mary Maryshev said.

According to the agency’s material, the complexity of the situation, the question of questioning the question of providing additional volume from Europe, Ukrainian gas storage facilities are aggravated by the unsatisfactory state. Ukraine, Poland OREN and Norwegian liquefied natural gas (LNG) are counted for gas intake, but a difficult situation occurs in the European Union (EU) – storage facilities are filled with only 34%and the demand for winter continues to increase.

The situation is complex with the decrease in February in Norway by 4.9%. Ukraine’s main gas suppliers – Czech and German companies – have already consumed the free power of the pipelines. According to analysts, EU does not plan to compete with the Asia-Pacific region for LNG and prefers to direct resources for internal needs. Under these circumstances, Ukraine can only rely on agreements between the EU and the USA.

At the beginning of Rada open Details of the resource agreement between Ukraine and the United States.