Ukraine’s gas transportation system has been operating without Russian gas since January 1, 2025, international partners have been informed about it in due course, the “Operator of Ukraine’s GTS” said Wednesday morning.
According to his data, the transit agreement with Russia’s Gazprom ended at 7:00 Kiev time on the first day of 2025, accordingly suspended the transportation of natural gas from the entry point “Suja” on the eastern border of Ukraine to the exit points on the western and southern borders of the country.
“OGTSU has prepared the infrastructure in advance for functioning in the zero transit mode and reliable gas supply to Ukrainian consumers. The company’s team is ready to work in the new conditions”, – Dmitry Lippa, General Director of the company, noted.
In particular, in preparation for work in new conditions, OGTSU has agreed to increase guaranteed capacity to ensure the possibility of gas supply to Ukraine and through Ukraine to European consumers. Optimization of a significant number of assets not involved in the operation of the gas transportation system was also carried out.
“All necessary work on the preparation of the system was carried out by the “Operator of the GTS of Ukraine”, so we are absolutely ready for the functioning of our system without transit of Russian gas”, – said the Minister of energy of Ukraine German Galushchenko on the air of the national marathon ‘United news’.
As reported, the contract between NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine and Gazprom for the organization of transportation, the transport agreement between NJSC and OGTSU, as well as the inter-operator agreement between OGTSU and Gazprom were signed on December 30, 2019. The contract on the principle of “pump or pay” provides for transit in 2020 – 65 billion cubic meters of gas, in 2021-2024 – 40 billion cubic meters of gas per year.
Representatives of the Ukrainian authorities in 2024 have repeatedly stated that Ukraine does not intend to sign the transit contract with Russia after its completion. At the same time, it was stated that negotiations are underway to supply Azerbaijani gas to Europe via Russia and Ukraine, although Baku does not have a significant free resource.
The final point on the issue of transit continuation in 2025 was put by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on December 19 on the margins of the EU Summit in Brussels: “we will not be engaged in the extension of Russian gas transit, we will not give the opportunity to earn additional billions on our blood”.
The results of USAID-facilitated stress tests showed that Ukraine’s GTS and UGS are ready to operate under zero-transit conditions.
The European Commission says that the EU is ready to stop transit of Russian gas through Ukraine and that there are alternative routes for non-Russian gas supplies.
Ukraine's gas transportation system
