Thirteen gas distribution stations operated by the Gas Transmission System (GTS) of Ukraine remain inoperable due to shelling by the Russian army, the GTS Operator of Ukraine reported on Telegram.
Kyiv Economic Court of Appeals terminated a cooperation agreement between Ukrgazvydobuvannia (UGV) state-owned gas producer and Nadra Geocenter, a company affiliated with MP Oleksandr Onyshchenko, Ukrayinski Novyny reports.
Russian Gazprom said it had supplied 1.2 billion cubic meters of gas to Ukraine over January-June 2016, while according to Naftogaz, Ukraine did not import Russian gas in 2016 at all.
Repair works on the Nord Stream gas pipeline planned for August 9 to August 17 will lead to an increase of transit of Russian gas through the Ukrainian gas transportation system on the way to Europe by 20%.
During a hearing at the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce, Naftogaz filed claims totaling $26.6 billion against Gazprom, the statement of Naftogaz says.
Naftogaz blames Gazprom for breaching its responsibilities under the gas transit contract as it allegedly reduced the gas feed pressure at the entry to gas transport system of Ukraine.
Members of the Cabinet of Ministers headed by Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman and the leaders of factions and groups in the Verkhovna Rada have agreed to create a working group to analyze gas pricing in Ukraine.
The claims of Gazprom about the debt of Naftogaz for gas that was allegedly supplied by the Russian company to the non-government-controlled areas of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts are erroneous.
Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman thinks that the current gas price is the market price, whereas the price in the gas deals signed by Yulia Tymoshenko in 2009 was unjustified.
The MP said he planned to go to NABU himself and take TV cameras along, so that their communication would be public and nobody could accuse him of running away and hiding from investigation.