Ukraine: Rusland vil stoppe gastransit til Europa

Ifølge den ukrainske radiokanal UR1 har Ukraines førsteminister udtalt, at han er vidende om, at Rusland vil stoppe gastransit til Europa: Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatseniuk has said Russia plans to cut off gas transit to Europe via Ukraine in winter. “We know about the plans of Russia to cut off transit even in European Union member countries. That’s why [Russian] companies were ordered to maximally pump gas to the storage facilities on the territory of Europe,” he said before starting the regular Cabinet meeting on Wednesday. The Premier said that Russia is also forming plans to stop all supplies of energy resources to Ukraine. “We know about Russia’s plans to basically switch off all energy resources for Ukraine,” he added. Udtalelsen kommer efter et ukrainske parlament har vedtaget nye sanktioner mod Rusland, rapporterer Reuters