Russia continues trying to disrupt gas production in Ukraine, but the aggressor state is incapable of preventing Ukraine from building sufficient natural gas reserves ahead of the next heating season.
This opinion was expressed on Ukrainian Radio by Hennadii Riabtsev, Chief Research Fellow at the National Institute for Strategic Studies, Ukrinform reports.
According to Riabtsev, gas prices have risen, but there is no significant gas shortage in Europe.
“There are supply issues with liquefied natural gas (LNG), particularly from the Middle East. However, European countries are actively filling their storage facilities, and Ukraine is replenishing its gas storage sites entirely through domestic production. Therefore, I do not see any obstacles to reaching the target indicators set by the government – 14.6 billion cubic meters of gas in storage as the optimal level and 13.2 billion cubic meters as the minimum acceptable level,” Riabtsev said.
At the same time, he noted that Russian attacks have temporarily halted operations at some facilities.
