Transportation of Russian oil through Ukrainian territory is carried out in accordance with the provisions of the Energy Charter Treaty and the Association Agreement with the EU to ensure freedom of transit. This also complies with the conditions of European sanctions, Denis Shmyhal said in parliament during the “hour of questions for the government.”.

The Prime Minister stressed that Ukraine’s violation of its international obligations can be used as a basis for bringing financial responsibility for stopping oil supplies, in particular, to Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic..

It should be noted that a resolution has been registered in the Verkhovna Rada according to which, taking into account the already made decision to stop the transit of Russian gas, it is proposed to ban the transportation of oil.

“Only a complete ban on the transit of Russian energy resources in one form or another through the territory of Ukraine will not only reduce the financial capabilities of the aggressor, but will also be an important step towards bringing Ukraine’s victory in the war closer,” says the explanatory note to the bill..

According to Forbes, according to a ten-year contract dated 2019 between Ukrtransnafta and Transneft, Kyiv should receive $1.5 billion in revenue over 10 years, an average of $150 million per year for transit. Russia earns about $6 billion a year from oil supplies through Ukraine, that is, about $16.5 million daily.

The total route of the oil pipeline with a throughput capacity of 2 million barrels per day is about 5,200 km. It runs from Almetyevsk in Tatarstan through Samara, Bryansk (Russian Federation) to Mozyr (Belarus), where it branches into two branches: northern (Belarus, Poland and Germany) and southern (Ukraine, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary).

In addition, a route has been laid from Bryansk through Belarus to Lithuania and Latvia.

Let us remind you that from blocking gas transportation Russia will lose about 0.2-0.3% of GDP. However, Moscow still has alternative fuel transit routes.

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