Zelenskyi Warned about the “Most Difficult in History” Winter Season

26.08.2022, 14:29 tsn.ua

Both Ukraine and the EU are facing the difficult times to the blackmail of energy terrorists from Gazprom. Due to Russian gas blackmail, gas prices in Europe today have already exceeded the level of $3,300 per thousand cubic meters on August 24th-25th, as Volodymyr Zelenskyi, the President of Ukraine, said during his traditional daily address on August 25th. " This Russian anti-European policy is truly destructive, but in a strategic perspective – for Russia itself. There will no longer be such a player on the European energy market as Russia", Zelenskyi stressed. According to him, now the situation is very dangerous, very acute. But most European countries have approached energy issues very responsibly and are doing everything to adapt, to protect themselves. " If someone in Russia thinks that they will bring Europe as a whole or Ukraine or other individual countries to their knees this winter, then this is a miscalculation. I believe that Europe is strong enough to correct the mistakes of the past, to become independent from the Russian energy system, from Russian energy carriers and not to give in to the blackmail of energy terrorists from Gazprom", the President added. According to the President, Ukraine is closely coordinating actions with its partners in these issues as well - in energy issues. The Government of Ukraine and state-owned companies are doing everything to ensure that we are ready to go through this winter season. "It indeed will be the most difficult in our history. And we are now in such circumstances, when it is already clear that the enemy will not achieve its goals, but it still takes time, efforts are still needed for the Russian calculation to fail, so that they lose in this direction as well. We have to endure this time and make all the necessary efforts together with our partners. And so it will be", he added. Read also: