\n
Touch upon this story<\/title><path d=\"M14 14V2H2v9.47h8.18L12.43 13ZM3 10.52V3h10v9.23l-2.5-1.66Z\"\/><\/svg><\/button><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wpds-c-fBEbFG\">Remark<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"teaser-content grid-center\">\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-testid=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy\" dir=\"null\">KYIV, Ukraine \u2014 Regardless of a brutal Russian invasion that has killed tens of hundreds of Ukrainian troopers and civilians and laid waste to swaths of the nation, Ukraine continues to permit Russian oil and fuel to cross its territory to serve its European neighbors \u2014 producing income for Kyiv and Moscow and illustrating how exhausting it’s for the enemies to chop ties.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-testid=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy\" dir=\"null\">Senior Ukrainian officers have demanded that their Western companions impose harder sanctions and reduce nearly all financial ties to Russia, saying \u201cextra have to be finished\u201d to cripple Moscow\u2019s conflict machine. However as surreal because it may appear, Ukraine insists that it has nearly no alternative however to keep up its personal business offers and has lobbied to protect them, arguing that they supply some leverage over the Kremlin and assist constrain the place the Russian army carries out airstrikes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-testid=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy\" dir=\"null\">Oleksiy Chernyshov, the chief govt of Ukraine\u2019s state power firm Naftogaz, conceded the weird optics of Ukraine nonetheless doing enterprise with Russia. \u201cIt’s for me, it\u2019s inconceivable, as a Ukrainian citizen \u2014 that’s my first response,\u201d Chernyshov mentioned, including that this was a private and emotional response.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-testid=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy\" dir=\"null\">However Naftogaz \u2014 and senior political leaders \u2014 insist that Ukraine can not and shouldn’t shut the pipelines, each to put declare to residual income (though the quantity Moscow is paying, if something, will not be public info) and since a few of Kyiv\u2019s European supporters are nonetheless depending on Russian oil and fuel.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p><span class=\"wpds-c-gnhuPA wpds-c-gnhuPA-hqeSyH-variant-interstitial wpds-c-gnhuPA-iPJLV-css hide-for-print\">Anti-Putin militias mount cross-border incursion in western Russia<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-testid=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy\" dir=\"null\">Russia\u2019s persevering with income, and Kyiv\u2019s frustrations, have been spotlighted lately in categorised U.S. intelligence paperwork leaked on the Discord messaging platform, which mentioned that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky thought-about blowing up the Druzhba oil pipeline earlier this 12 months.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-testid=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy\" dir=\"null\">Based on the doc, which was obtained by The Washington Publish, U.S. officers questioned the seriousness of the threats, which can have been an outburst of frustration at Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who has voiced pro-Kremlin positions and insisted on an exemption from a European Union effort to finish purchases of Russian oil.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-testid=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy\" dir=\"null\">Moscow despatched about 300,000 barrels of oil per day final 12 months by way of the Druzhba \u2014 or \u201cFriendship\u201d \u2014 pipeline, which crosses Ukraine. Russia can be obligated to pump some 40 billion cubic meters of fuel yearly by way of Ukraine\u2019s fuel transit system due to provide agreements that predate the full-scale invasion in February 2022.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<div class=\"mb-sm mb-md-ns\" data-qa=\"ai2html\">\n<div class=\"wpds-c-gdKvqu raw-html overrideStyles\" data-qa=\"raw-html\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"pg-graphic fallback-available\" data-fallback-image-url=\"https:\/\/gfx-data.news-engineering.aws.wapo.pub\/ai2html\/UkraineGas\/UZ22Z5J5OVHINMJCD6PG7GYKDY\/2300-ukraine-gas.jpg?c=1684856279450\">\n<p><!-- Generated by ai2html v0.91.2.2 - 2023-05-23 11:37 --><br \/>\n<!-- ai file: ukraine-gas.ai --><\/p>\n<div id=\"g-ukraine-gas-box\" class=\"ai2html\">\n<p>\t<!-- Artboard: xxsmall --><\/p>\n<div id=\"g-ukraine-gas-xxsmall\" class=\"g-artboard\" style=\"width:304px; height:259.412181057201px;\" data-aspect-ratio=\"1.172\" data-min-width=\"260\" data-max-width=\"383\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" id=\"g-ukraine-gas-xxsmall-img\" class=\"g-aiImg g-aiAbs\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/gfx-data.news-engineering.aws.wapo.pub\/ai2html\/UkraineGas\/UZ22Z5J5OVHINMJCD6PG7GYKDY\/ukraine-gas-xxsmall.jpg?v=12\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhCgAKAIAAAB8fHwAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAAKAAoAAAIIhI+py+0PYysAOw==\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"g-ai0-13\" class=\"g-content g-aiAbs g-aiPointText\" style=\"top:76.4546%;margin-top:-24.3px;left:80.413%;width:81px;\">\n<p class=\"g-pstyle7\">Space held by <\/p>\n<p class=\"g-pstyle7\">Russia-backed<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-pstyle7\">separatists<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-pstyle7\">since 2014<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai0-14\" class=\"g-content g-aiAbs g-aiPointText\" style=\"top:82.2369%;margin-top:-18.3px;left:46.3686%;width:81px;\">\n<p class=\"g-pstyle7\">Illegally <\/p>\n<p class=\"g-pstyle8\"><span class=\"g-cstyle0\">a<\/span>nn<span class=\"g-cstyle1\">e<\/span><span class=\"g-cstyle2\">x<\/span>ed <span class=\"g-cstyle3\">b<\/span>y<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-pstyle8\"><span class=\"g-cstyle4\">R<\/span>ussia in 2<span class=\"g-cstyle0\">0<\/span><span class=\"g-cstyle5\">1<\/span>4<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai0-15\" class=\"g-content g-aiAbs g-aiPointText\" style=\"top:96.9133%;margin-top:-7.4px;left:0.5116%;width:260px;\">\n<p class=\"g-pstyle9\">Sources: ENTSOG, Institute for the Examine of Warfare<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t<!-- Artboard: xsmall --><\/p>\n<div id=\"g-ukraine-gas-xsmall\" class=\"g-artboard\" style=\"width:384px; height:290.93762716862px;\" data-aspect-ratio=\"1.32\" data-min-width=\"384\" data-max-width=\"639\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" id=\"g-ukraine-gas-xsmall-img\" class=\"g-aiImg g-aiAbs\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/gfx-data.news-engineering.aws.wapo.pub\/ai2html\/UkraineGas\/UZ22Z5J5OVHINMJCD6PG7GYKDY\/ukraine-gas-xsmall.jpg?v=12\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhCgAKAIAAAB8fHwAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAAKAAoAAAIIhI+py+0PYysAOw==\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"g-ai1-14\" class=\"g-content g-aiAbs g-aiPointText\" style=\"top:80.0389%;margin-top:-27.9px;left:77.916%;width:88px;\">\n<p class=\"g-pstyle7\">Space held by <\/p>\n<p class=\"g-pstyle7\">Russia-backed<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-pstyle7\">separatists<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-pstyle7\">since 2014<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai1-15\" class=\"g-content g-aiAbs g-aiPointText\" style=\"top:82.1771%;margin-top:-21.1px;left:47.4635%;width:89px;\">\n<p class=\"g-pstyle7\">Illegally <\/p>\n<p class=\"g-pstyle8\"><span class=\"g-cstyle0\">a<\/span>nn<span class=\"g-cstyle1\">e<\/span><span class=\"g-cstyle2\">x<\/span>ed <span class=\"g-cstyle3\">b<\/span>y<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-pstyle8\"><span class=\"g-cstyle4\">R<\/span>ussia in 2<span class=\"g-cstyle0\">0<\/span><span class=\"g-cstyle5\">1<\/span>4<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai1-16\" class=\"g-content g-aiAbs g-aiPointText\" style=\"top:96.3798%;margin-top:-7.4px;left:1.741%;width:260px;\">\n<p class=\"g-pstyle9\">Sources: ENTSOG, Institute for the Examine of Warfare<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t<!-- Artboard: medium --><\/p>\n<div id=\"g-ukraine-gas-medium\" class=\"g-artboard\" style=\"width:640px; height:465.51719367329px;\" data-aspect-ratio=\"1.375\" data-min-width=\"640\" data-max-width=\"959\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" id=\"g-ukraine-gas-medium-img\" class=\"g-aiImg g-aiAbs\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/gfx-data.news-engineering.aws.wapo.pub\/ai2html\/UkraineGas\/UZ22Z5J5OVHINMJCD6PG7GYKDY\/ukraine-gas-medium.jpg?v=12\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhCgAKAIAAAB8fHwAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAAKAAoAAAIIhI+py+0PYysAOw==\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"g-ai2-12\" class=\"g-content g-aiAbs g-aiPointText\" style=\"top:58.1937%;margin-top:-27.9px;left:87.4336%;width:90px;\">\n<p class=\"g-pstyle7\">Space held by <\/p>\n<p class=\"g-pstyle7\">Russia-backed<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-pstyle7\">separatists<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-pstyle7\">since 2014<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai2-23\" class=\"g-content g-aiAbs g-aiPointText\" style=\"top:88.7327%;margin-top:-14.1px;left:67.351%;width:112px;\">\n<p class=\"g-pstyle7\">Illegally a<span class=\"g-cstyle0\">nn<\/span><span class=\"g-cstyle1\">e<\/span><span class=\"g-cstyle2\">x<\/span><span class=\"g-cstyle0\">ed <\/span><span class=\"g-cstyle3\">b<\/span><span class=\"g-cstyle0\">y<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"g-pstyle12\"><span class=\"g-cstyle4\">R<\/span>ussia in 2<span class=\"g-cstyle5\">0<\/span><span class=\"g-cstyle6\">1<\/span>4<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai2-25\" class=\"g-content g-aiAbs g-aiPointText\" style=\"top:98.0426%;margin-top:-7.4px;left:0.6877%;width:260px;\">\n<p class=\"g-pstyle5\">Sources: ENTSOG, Institute for the Examine of Warfare<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t<!-- Artboard: xlarge --><\/p>\n<div id=\"g-ukraine-gas-xlarge\" class=\"g-artboard\" style=\"width:960px; height:609.301330308699px;\" data-aspect-ratio=\"1.576\" data-min-width=\"960\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" id=\"g-ukraine-gas-xlarge-img\" class=\"g-aiImg g-aiAbs\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/gfx-data.news-engineering.aws.wapo.pub\/ai2html\/UkraineGas\/UZ22Z5J5OVHINMJCD6PG7GYKDY\/ukraine-gas-xlarge.jpg?v=12\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhCgAKAIAAAB8fHwAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAAKAAoAAAIIhI+py+0PYysAOw==\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"g-ai3-12\" class=\"g-content g-aiAbs g-aiPointText\" style=\"top:54.1602%;margin-top:-29px;left:89.0348%;width:92px;\">\n<p class=\"g-pstyle9\">Space held by <\/p>\n<p class=\"g-pstyle9\">Russia-backed<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-pstyle9\">separatists<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-pstyle9\">since 2014<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai3-25\" class=\"g-content g-aiAbs g-aiPointText\" style=\"top:94.4687%;margin-top:-14.6px;left:58.0538%;width:115px;\">\n<p class=\"g-pstyle9\">Illegally a<span class=\"g-cstyle0\">nn<\/span><span class=\"g-cstyle1\">e<\/span><span class=\"g-cstyle2\">x<\/span><span class=\"g-cstyle0\">ed <\/span><span class=\"g-cstyle3\">b<\/span><span class=\"g-cstyle0\">y<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"g-pstyle12\"><span class=\"g-cstyle4\">R<\/span>ussia in 2<span class=\"g-cstyle5\">0<\/span><span class=\"g-cstyle6\">1<\/span>4<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai3-26\" class=\"g-content g-aiAbs g-aiPointText\" style=\"top:97.3911%;margin-top:-7.4px;left:1.2419%;width:260px;\">\n<p class=\"g-pstyle7\">Sources: ENTSOG, Institute for the Examine of Warfare<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- End ai2html - 2023-05-23 11:37 --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- Close fallback div --><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-testid=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy\" dir=\"null\">Ukrainian officers say they’re in a quandary. Russian hydrocarbons crossing their territory earn the Kremlin hundreds of thousands of {dollars} and assist fund its conflict machine. However Kyiv additionally wants the cash it earns on transit and desires to be a dependable financial associate to European nations, a few of which might face destabilizing value will increase if Russian power provides have been instantly reduce off.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-testid=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy\" dir=\"null\">Chernyshov mentioned Kyiv should uphold its contractual obligations, and the choice to finish the deliveries lies with the international locations on the receiving finish, similar to Hungary, which want Russian oil and fuel for warmth within the winter. \u201cThis stream has not been stopped so as to not make different international locations which can be supporting Ukraine freeze,\u201d he mentioned.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-testid=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy\" dir=\"null\">The Kremlin has used power provides as a weapon, together with within the 2000s when it twice reduce off provides to Europe.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-testid=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy\" dir=\"null\">However Kyiv has additionally insisted that Russia\u2019s fuel should proceed to move, even within the years since Moscow illegally annexed Crimea in 2014 and fomented a separatist conflict within the jap Donbas area. Ukraine insisted that it ought to maintain its function as a transit nation, whereas additionally demanding that international locations like Germany not assist Russia construct new pipelines \u2014 a view critics referred to as hypocritical. Now, Ukraine says all of its supporters ought to cut back or remove their use of Russian power.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-testid=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy\" dir=\"null\">A working group on Russian sanctions, chaired by Andriy Yermak, the pinnacle of the Ukrainian presidential workplace, and Michael McFaul, the previous U.S. ambassador to Russia, revealed an \u201cmotion plan\u201d final month that laid out further steps that ought to be taken to punish Russia \u2014 however the plan pointedly referred to as for preserving the transit of Russian power throughout Ukraine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-testid=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy\" dir=\"null\">It additionally referred to as for suspending \u201call remaining Russian-controlled pipeline routes\u201d taking Russian fuel to the European market, in addition to the TurkStream pipeline by way of Turkey. \u201cFinish the direct provide of Russian fuel to the European Union, besides by way of Ukraine,\u201d the motion plan mentioned.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p><span class=\"wpds-c-gnhuPA wpds-c-gnhuPA-hqeSyH-variant-interstitial wpds-c-gnhuPA-iPJLV-css hide-for-print\">IAEA chief pushes plan to safe nuclear plant forward of Ukraine offensive<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-testid=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy\" dir=\"null\">Anders Aslund, an financial skilled specializing in the previous Soviet Union who was a part of the sanctions working group, mentioned the logic of sustaining transit throughout Ukraine was clear: Gasoline would go to European markets regardless, as a result of the E.U. included a number of exceptions, or \u201ccarveouts,\u201d to its embargo regime for international locations like Hungary.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-testid=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy\" dir=\"null\">What\u2019s extra, Russia is dedicated to paying Ukraine a complete $7 billion {dollars} over a five-year contract signed in 2019, referred to as a \u201cpump or pay\u201d settlement, which requires Moscow to pay whether or not it ships any fuel. \u201cSo why not get the cash?\u201d Aslund mentioned. \u201cThe contracts have been agreed with the European Union for these carveouts.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-testid=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy\" dir=\"null\">The objective of the sanctions is to not introduce \u201ca normal ban in opposition to commerce with Russia,\u201d Aslund mentioned, however \u201cto trigger Russia most harm with out inflicting Ukraine extra harm than mandatory.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-testid=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy\" dir=\"null\">On Could 10, E.U. envoys met in Brussels to debate a brand new bundle of sanctions in opposition to Russia, its eleventh up to now. Earlier measures focused people, companies and sectors of the Russian financial system, and restricted exports and imports.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-testid=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy\" dir=\"null\">European Fee President Ursula von der Leyen, at a information convention with Zelensky in Kyiv the day gone by, mentioned the E.U. would \u201cproceed to do all the things\u201d in its energy \u201cto erode Putin\u2019s conflict machine and his income.\u201d Zelensky praised the E.U. proposals, which he mentioned would hit Russia\u2019s atomic power sector. However he and different officers have mentioned that is nonetheless not sufficient.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-testid=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy\" dir=\"null\">Beneath its fuel contract with Kyiv, Russia is obligated to pay Ukraine some $1 billion to $1.5 billion yearly. After the conflict started, Kyiv shut down a predominant entry level for Russian fuel in occupied territory within the east, saying Ukrainian technicians couldn’t work there. Ukrainian officers insisted there was capability to ship all Russian fuel by way of one other entry level. Nevertheless, Russia drastically decreased the quantity of fuel that it pumped by way of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-testid=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy\" dir=\"null\">In September, Naftogaz filed a case on the Worldwide Court docket of Arbitration in Paris, saying that \u201cfunds weren’t paid\u201d by Russian state fuel firm Gazprom \u201cneither on time nor in full\u201d underneath the phrases of the contract. Naftogaz declined to specify how a lot was lacking from funds, nonetheless.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-testid=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy\" dir=\"null\">\u201cWe are going to make Gazprom pay,\u201d mentioned Yuriy Vitrenko, the pinnacle of Naftogaz on the time. Gazprom, in response, mentioned there have been no \u201cacceptable causes\u201d to pursue the case and threatened to impose monetary penalties in opposition to Naftogaz.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-testid=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy\" dir=\"null\">Gasoline has been on the middle of Russia and Ukraine\u2019s troubled relationship for many years. At one level, Russia despatched greater than 80 p.c of its fuel throughout Ukraine to European international locations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-testid=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy\" dir=\"null\">Russia hoped to bypass Ukraine by opening two fuel pipelines throughout the North Sea to Germany. Because the second, referred to as Nord Stream 2, was being constructed, Ukrainian officers argued that a few of Russia\u2019s fuel ought to proceed to traverse Ukraine as a manner of stopping a full-scale conflict. Nord Stream 2 was constructed however by no means used. The conflict occurred anyway.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p><span class=\"wpds-c-gnhuPA wpds-c-gnhuPA-hqeSyH-variant-interstitial wpds-c-gnhuPA-iPJLV-css hide-for-print\">Zelensky, in personal, plots daring assaults inside Russia, leak reveals<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-testid=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy\" dir=\"null\">Nonetheless, Nataliia Shapoval, vp of the Kyiv College of Economics, mentioned Russia\u2019s use of Ukrainian pipelines \u201ccreates some further safety\u201d and has appeared to restrict Moscow\u2019s airstrikes. \u201cThroughout their marketing campaign in opposition to the power sector this winter, fuel transportation and storage weren’t their main targets, for certain,\u201d Shapoval mentioned.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-testid=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy\" dir=\"null\">The Druzhba oil pipeline has likewise been spared, halting operations for less than \u201ca few days, after they didn\u2019t have the ability to run the pumps,\u201d mentioned Matthew Sagers, an power transport skilled at S&P International Commodity Insights in London.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<div class=\"mb-sm mb-md-ns\" data-qa=\"ai2html\">\n<div class=\"wpds-c-gdKvqu raw-html overrideStyles\" data-qa=\"raw-html\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"pg-graphic fallback-available\" data-fallback-image-url=\"https:\/\/gfx-data.news-engineering.aws.wapo.pub\/ai2html\/DruzhbaPipeline\/UZ22Z5J5OVHINMJCD6PG7GYKDY\/2300-DruzhbaPipeline.jpg?c=1684850383169\">\n<p><!-- Generated by ai2html v0.91.2.2 - 2023-05-23 09:59 --><br \/>\n<!-- ai file: DruzhbaPipeline.ai --><\/p>\n<div id=\"g-DruzhbaPipeline-box\" class=\"ai2html\">\n<p>\t<!-- Artboard: Artboard_5 --><\/p>\n<div id=\"g-DruzhbaPipeline-Artboard_5\" class=\"g-artboard\" style=\"width:640px; 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Plus, Ukraine earned near $180 million on transit charges from Druzhba final 12 months, Sagers mentioned. \u201cCash is cash.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-testid=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy\" dir=\"null\">Ultimately, Sagers mentioned, the Ukrainians \u201cdon\u2019t must blow up the pipeline \u2014 they might simply merely cease doing enterprise in the event that they needed to.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpds-c-jjHkyS hide-for-print\">\n<div data-qa=\"content\" class=\"wpds-c-dgPYWO wpds-c-dgPYWO-iPJLV-css\">\n<h3 data-qa=\"linkbox-headline\" class=\"wpds-c-jtAZFm\">One 12 months of Russia\u2019s conflict in Ukraine<\/h3>\n<p class=\"wpds-c-eynqHn\"><b>Portraits of Ukraine:<\/b> Each Ukrainian\u2019s life has modified since Russia launched its full-scale invasion one 12 months in the past \u2014 in methods each huge and small. They’ve realized to outlive and assist one another underneath excessive circumstances, in bomb shelters and hospitals, destroyed condo complexes and ruined marketplaces. Scroll by way of portraits of Ukrainians reflecting on a 12 months of loss, resilience and worry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wpds-c-eynqHn\"><b>Battle of attrition:<\/b> Over the previous 12 months, the conflict has morphed from a multi-front invasion that included Kyiv within the north to a battle of attrition largely concentrated alongside an expanse of territory within the east and south. Observe the 600-mile entrance line between Ukrainian and Russian forces and check out the place the combating has been concentrated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wpds-c-eynqHn\"><b>A 12 months of dwelling aside: <\/b>Russia\u2019s invasion, coupled with Ukraine\u2019s martial legislation stopping fighting-age males from leaving the nation, has pressured agonizing choices for hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian households about the best way to steadiness security, obligation and love, with once-intertwined lives having grow to be unrecognizable. Right here\u2019s what a practice station stuffed with goodbyes appeared like final 12 months.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wpds-c-eynqHn\"><b>Deepening international divides: <\/b>President Biden has trumpeted the reinvigorated Western alliance cast through the conflict as a \u201cinternational coalition,\u201d however a more in-depth look suggests the world is much from united on points raised by the Ukraine conflict. 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