Ukraine has no plans to extend the contract for Russian gas transit through its territory, which is set to expire at the end of 2024, said Naftogaz CEO Oleksiy Chernyshov in an interview with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s Ukrainian service.
Obviously it’s because the gas goes to Europe, which until recently was very dependent on Russian natural gas. Europe is Ukraine’s ally. Ukraine needs Europe’s military aid and shutting off the gas would make things hard for Europe and potentially upset them.
They probably calculated that keeping their contractual obligations to the west who are the main supporters outweighs the monetary benefits Russia gets from the sale of the gas.
I’m guessing fucking over the population of your main supporters in the war isn’t the best strategic move. But if the contract expires they have a solid excuse, also Europe has pretty much figured out it’s gas issues at this point
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Obviously it’s because the gas goes to Europe, which until recently was very dependent on Russian natural gas. Europe is Ukraine’s ally. Ukraine needs Europe’s military aid and shutting off the gas would make things hard for Europe and potentially upset them.
And presumably Ukraine is getting a cut of the profits too.
Yes, Ukraine is paid for this by Russia
They probably calculated that keeping their contractual obligations to the west who are the main supporters outweighs the monetary benefits Russia gets from the sale of the gas.
I’m guessing fucking over the population of your main supporters in the war isn’t the best strategic move. But if the contract expires they have a solid excuse, also Europe has pretty much figured out it’s gas issues at this point
Fair warning to those importing it.