MOSCOW, November 9. /TASS/. Gazprom supplies gas for Europe through Ukraine in the volume of 42.4 million cubic meters per day to the Sudzha gas pumping station in Russia’s Kursk Region, a Gazprom representative told reporters on Saturday, adding that the request for pumping through the Sokhranovka gas station had been rejected by the Ukrainian side.
"Gazprom supplies Russian gas for transit through Ukrainian territory in the volume confirmed by the Ukrainian side via the Sudzha gas pumping station of 42.4 million cubic meters as of November 9. The request for the Sokhranovka gas pumping station has been rejected," he said.
On the previous day, the pumping equaled 42.4 million cubic meters.
On August 6, Ukrainian armed forces launched a massive attack on Russia’s Kursk Region where the Sudzha gas metering station is located. The transit line through it remains the only route for the Russian natural gas supplies to Europe via Ukraine.
Russian gas supplies have been delivered through Ukraine in reduced volumes since May 2022 when the Gas Transmission System Operator of Ukraine announced the termination of transit to Europe through the Sokhranovka station due to force majeure: the company allegedly cannot control the Novopskov compressor station in the Lugansk People’s Republic. Meanwhile the Russian gas holding did not see grounds for suspending pumping in the previous form.