Ukraine in talks with Azerbaijan on gas import deal, while Russian oil flows to Hungary, Slovakia halted allegedly after Ukrainian attack on a part of the network
Ukraine in talks with Azerbaijan on gas import deal, while Russian oil flows to Hungary, Slovakia halted allegedly after Ukrainian attack on a part of the network
reuters.com
Ukraine is negotiating a deal with Azerbaijan to import gas from the South Caucasus country this year, Kyiv's energy minister said on Monday.
"We are currently in talks. Azerbaijan is interested in this," Svitlana Hrynchuk [said] ... Ukraine plans to have 13.2 billion cubic metres of gas in its underground storage for the upcoming heating season, Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said.
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Meanwhile, Russian oil flows to Hungary and Slovakia halted allegedly after an Ukrainian attack.
Ukraine has stepped up attacks on Russia's energy infrastructure, a key conduit for generating money for Kremlin's war efforts, with oil and gas sales accounting for a quarter of Russia's state total budget proceeds.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha neither confirmed nor denied the account of the latest attack, but wrote on [social media] that Hungary "can now send complaints" to Moscow, not Kyiv.
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