With the Nord Stream pipeline shut for repairs, Russia is sending an extra 60 million cubic meters of gas daily through Ukraine,

With the Nord Stream pipeline shut for repairs, Russia is sending an extra 60 million cubic meters of gas daily through Ukraine, Ukrtransgaz reports. Andriy Kobolyev, Naftogaz CEO, says this emergency situation should make clear to Europe why Ukraine is key to guaranting Russian gas supplies through the 2020s. He writes on Facebook: “This is another reason for European consumers to weigh well what is more profitable: to use the reliable ground infrastructure of the Ukrainian gas transport system, or to invest in building underwater gas pipelines that are difficult and expensive to repair, do not have adequate redundancy and are completely dependent on the political whims of the Kremlin.”