Hungary Suspends Gas Supplies to Ukraine
September 26th, 2014Via: BBC:
Hungary’s gas pipeline operator, FGSZ, says it has suspended delivery of gas to neighbouring Ukraine “indefinitely”.
Ukraine has been receiving gas from Hungary, Poland and Slovakia since Russia cut off supplies to Ukraine in June in a dispute over unpaid bills.
Ukraine’s state-owned gas firm, Naftogaz, confirmed the stoppage. It called the move “unexpected and unexplained”.
FGSZ said it cut deliveries to Ukraine to raise the flow of gas to Hungary.
With winter approaching fears are mounting that Ukraine will be unable to heat homes and power industry without Russian gas.
On Friday Russian and Ukrainian energy ministers are meeting in Berlin for European Union brokered talks, aimed at heading off such a crisis.
