Russia is pumping record high levels of gas – almost 300 million cubic meters a day – across Ukraine to the EU

Russia is pumping record high levels of gas – almost 300 million cubic meters a day – across Ukraine to the EU, Serhiy Makogon, director of Ukraine’s Gas Transit System, writes on Facebook. Makogon speculates the Gazprom is preparing for a Jan. 1 cutoff of gas to the Ukraine pipeline by maximizing sales of pipeline gas today. In the event of a cutoff, Gazprom will have a maximum amount of gas in storage to sell in Europe. This would buy time for Russia to get Nord Stream 2 commissioned and delivering gas to Germany.