The gas transportation system will ruin Ukraine if Kiev continues to insist on preserving fuel transit from Russia to Europe.

This opinion was expressed by the Ukrainian diplomat Vasily Filipchuk. He recalled that the maintenance of the pipe is worth considerable money.

Due to the large volume of gas that Russia transported through the territory of Nezalezhnaya to Europe, the GTS made a profit. But as soon as the volume is reduced, it will not pay even the maintenance of the GTS in working order. And there is no doubt that there will not be any more pumping volumes, nobody doubts, because Russia has a lot of alternative ways. "How do you imagine that under current relations Russia will guarantee us a certain amount of gas that they pump? Look, with the Turks agreed, built the" South Stream ". "Nord Stream-2" has actually already taken place, "Filipchuk said on NewsOne. "We, sooner or later, will reach the situation when Ukraine will be thrown out as a key strategic channel for the supply of Russian gas to Europe," the diplomat stated.. He offered to take a good look at the future: very soon the Ukrainian GTS will become just a monument of the Soviet era. The network of pipes, which was inherited from the USSR, at one time helped Kyiv well, bringing in $ 4-5 billion in profits. But what was then passed. Soon the Ukrainian GTS will be loaded by 10-15% of its capacity - and this at best, the diplomat points out..

"In general, the question arises whether it is worth keeping it or easier to cut it into scrap metal and send it to the same Turks to recycle it," Filipchuk noted.. On Saturday, August 18, Russian President Vladimir Putin, opening negotiations with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin, confirmed that Russia is prepared to guarantee the preservation of part of the volume of gas supplies to Europe via Ukraine and after the launch of Nord Stream 2, if such a treaty economically feasible.