Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered last week to the energy giant Gazprom to cut off supplies to and through Ukraine in the middle of winter, amid accusations that Ukraine had illegally siphoned off and stolen Russian gas.
read more... 19/01/2015
Ukrainian coal output dropped by 22 percent in 2014 to 65 million tonnes after the pro-Russian separatist disagreements interrupted mining operations in the country's eastern industrial centre, as stated by deputy energy minister Yuri Zukov on Friday.
read more... 12/01/2015
Europe increased its natural gas flows towards Ukraine by 143% year on year, or 3 billion cubic meters, to 5.1 Bcm in 2014, up from 2.1 Bcm in 2013, as reported on Monday by state-owned gas shipper UkrTransGaz. Ukraine imported European gas via Slovakia, Poland and Hungary.
read more... 06/01/2015
Natural gas deliveries from Hungary to Ukraine can resume from January 1, 2015, as stated by the Hungarian gas transmission company FGSZ on its website late on Monday.
read more... 31/12/2014
Russia has agreed on a new agreement to provide coal and power to Ukraine, which is fighting with a lack of raw fuel for electricity plants because of a separatist clash in the industrial east, as stated by Russian officials on Saturday.
read more... 29/12/2014