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Posted on October 15, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 21, 2026
Ukraine is discussing US LNG imports due to Russian attacks on its gas infrastructure, aiming to boost gas imports by 30%.
KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine is in discussions with the United States to import liquefied natural gas after Russian strikes on its gas infrastructure, economy minister Oleksii Sobolev said on Wednesday.
"Due to Russian attacks, we have lost part of our gas production, so we are considering mechanisms to finance the purchase of American LNG and compressor equipment," Sobolev said on Facebook after meetings in Washington.
He gave no more details.
Russia has sharply increased the number and intensity of attacks on the Ukrainian energy system in recent weeks, targeting both power plants and gas facilities.
Ukrainian energy minister Svitlana Hrynchuk said last week that Ukraine wanted to increase its gas imports by 30% following airstrikes on its gas infrastructure.
Earlier this month, the head of Ukraine's state oil and gas firm Naftogaz said his company had bought around 0.5 billion cubic meters of U.S. LNG, most of which had already been delivered.
(Reporting by Pavel Polityuk and Yuliia Dysa; Editing by Kirsten Donovan)
LNG stands for liquefied natural gas, which is natural gas that has been cooled to a liquid state for easier storage and transport.
Gas infrastructure refers to the physical facilities and systems used for the production, storage, transportation, and distribution of natural gas.
A gas strike typically refers to an attack or disruption targeting gas production or distribution facilities, impacting supply and operations.
Naftogaz is the state-owned oil and gas company of Ukraine, responsible for the extraction, transportation, and distribution of natural gas and oil.
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