Sergei Kupriyanov Ukraine Quotations

Ukraine refused, which shows that the Ukrainian authorities planned a conflict from the very beginning, i.e. to tap, or rather steal, gas intended for European consumers.

Ukraine is taking the gas from our European partners. We decided to compensate the stolen gas for our partners.

We have information from the ground that shows Ukraine has started illegally siphoning off Russian gas destined for European consumers.

We are fully prepared to restrict gas supplies to Ukraine after December 31, if there is no contract.

The price for natural gas and other energy resources has increased several times in recent years. And leaving the price for Ukraine unchanged or slightly raising it would be unreasonable.

We understand that it is cold, but it is not only cold in Ukraine. We are currently providing more gas for all our consumers, both in Russia and abroad, and we do not plan to put up with the fact that gas destined for European consumers is being used in Ukraine and is not even reaching the border. Nobody gave Ukraine the right to take more gas than the contracted volume.

The official response has been received: Ukraine has turned down our offer.

For the first five days of this week, Ukraine siphoned off nearly 400 million cubic meters of gas. This is a very large volume, which is comparable to our supplies for Germany for three days.