Russian gas transit volume in Ukraine 2022-2023, by route

Ukraine recorded a gas inflow of 35.7 million cubic meters for transit from Russia to Europe through the Sudzha route on January 10, 2023. On May 21, 2022, the volume fell by approximately 28 percent compared to the previous day. On February 25, 2022, one day after the Russian invasion of Ukraine began, Ukraine transited nearly 110 million cubic meters of Russian gas to European countries via Sudzha and Sokhranivka, the two major transit points.

Ukraine's gas transit during the Russian invasion

The Sokhranivka gas transit point, together with the Novopskov Border Compressor Station (CS), was located in the Luhansk Region of eastern Ukraine, which was occupied by Russian and separatist forces as of May 2022. On May 10, 2022, Ukraine's Gas Transmission System Operator announced that it was not able to maintain control over the facilities and thus declared a force majeure and informed Russian Gazprom that it would stop transiting gas through that route from May 11, 2022.

How much Russian gas does Ukraine transit?

Gazprom has a gas transit contract with Ukraine, according to which, the country was to transit 65 billion cubic meters of natural gas in 2020 and 40 billion cubic meters in each following year until 2024. In 2021, Ukraine transited 37 billion cubic meters of Russian gas directly to European Union (EU) countries, for which that route was the second-largest source of pipeline gas from Russia after Nord Stream.