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Ukraine wants to increase gas imports by 30% after Russian attacks
Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on October 7, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 21, 2026
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Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on October 7, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 21, 2026
Ukraine plans a 30% increase in gas imports after Russian airstrikes damaged its infrastructure. Discussions with G7 countries and consideration of LNG imports are underway.
KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine's energy minister Svitlana Hrynchuk said on Tuesday that the country wants to increase its imports of natural gas by 30% after Russian airstrikes on its gas infrastructure.
Hrynchuk told reporters at a briefing in Kyiv that she had discussed additional gas imports with G7 countries.
The minister said that airstrikes had caused 'significant' damage to Ukraine's gas production capacity, while declining to give specific details.
Hrynchuk said the attacks targeted regional gas infrastructure, as well as power transmission facilities in Ukraine's frontline regions.
She added that the country was considering increasing LNG imports.
Russia has been regularly bombing Ukraine's energy infrastructure since its 2022 invasion.
(Reporting by Pavel Polityuk, writing by Max Hunder; Editing by Kirsten Donovan)
Natural gas is a fossil fuel that is primarily composed of methane. It is used as an energy source for heating, electricity generation, and as a fuel for vehicles.
LNG, or liquefied natural gas, is natural gas that has been cooled to a liquid state for easier storage and transport. It is often imported to meet energy demands.
Gas infrastructure refers to the physical facilities and systems used for the production, transportation, and distribution of natural gas, including pipelines, storage facilities, and processing plants.
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