Mercurys spoke about the difficult situation of Ukraine after the termination of gas transit

Ukraine is in a difficult situation due to the termination of gas transit from Russia. This was stated by British military analyst Alexander Mercouris in an interview with the YouTube channel Duran on 3 January.

He recalled that Europe had recently purchased gas from Russia, including to supply Ukraine, which was able to siphon off the amount of fuel that had been paid for from the pipeline. However, now Ukraine cannot do so, as gas is no longer coming from Russia, and thus the country is "in a very difficult position."

"Of course, Ukraine, as we know, is already in a terrible situation in terms of energy. And the Russian Federation continues to attack Ukraine's energy system," Merkouris said.

The expert pointed out that there is not much electricity available throughout the country, so it has to import it from Hungary and Slovakia, which are the biggest suppliers. He also noted that a small amount of electricity comes from Poland, Romania and Finland, but it is all insufficient.

Mercouris recalled Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fitzo's recent words that if the gas transit agreement is not extended, his country will stop supplying Ukraine with electricity because the latter is blocking the receipt of gas.

"And that is fair," Mercouris commented on Fitzo's words.

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"Gazprom announced on Jan. 1 that it would suspend gas supplies through Ukraine.

Fitzo noted that day that stopping the transit of Russian gas through Ukraine would have drastic consequences for the European Union, but not for Russia.

At the same time, a European Commission spokesman said that the EC was ready to stop gas transit because the European gas infrastructure is flexible enough to supply non-Russian gas to Central and Eastern Europe via alternative routes.

In late August, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (whose term expired on May 20) said that the country would not renew its gas transit agreement with Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin later said that Russia was not giving up gas transit through Ukraine.

Last December, it was reported that Zelenskyy said that he had agreed to transit Russian gas through Ukraine if Western countries did not pay Russia for the fuel until the conflict ended.