PM Denys Shmyhal tells counterpart Robert Fico that Kyiv will meet obligations without renewing Gazprom transit deal
Ukraine’s warning that it could stop the transit of Russian gas to the EU has put pressure on Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who must secure energy supplies even as he opposes Kyiv’s wish to join Nato. After meeting Fico on Monday, Ukraine’s Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal confirmed Kyiv would not renew a transit contract between Naftogaz, Ukraine’s energy company, and Russia’s Gazprom that expires at the end of this year.
Concerning Ukraine, Šimoňák told the Financial Times: “They don’t want their enemy to make money . . . but they’re also making money from the transportation of gas and using gas coming from Russia. So this is sort of a bizarre thing: you have two countries at war doing a remarkable amount of business with each other.” Fico, who survived an assassination attempt in May, met Shmyhal in the Ukrainian border town of Uzhhorod.
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