UNIAN
Ukraine intends to carry out an international investigation into gas supplies from Russia to the occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions, national energy company Naftogaz of Ukraine CEO Andriy Kobolev told Ukrainian TV Channel 5 on Friday night, according to the Ukrainian online newspaper Ukrainska Pravda.
"Gazprom declares that it has been supplying gas to those areas. We cannot confirm this because there is no way to check gas metering units there due to ongoing hostilities. We expected that Gazprom would have raised the issue in the Stockholm arbitration court. But they didn't," Kobolev said being quoted by Ukrainska Pravda.
"If supplies of Russian gas to the [occupied] territory have started, I think, this situation will require careful examination and perhaps specific investigative actions," he said.
"Is it legal and correct to supply gas to the organizations manifesting signs of terrorism? I think this issue will be addressed soon. We are interested in this situation being examined at international level. We have nothing to hide," he added.
As UNIAN reported earlier, Kobolev previously announced Ukraine could dispense with Russian gas, as it did last summer. He also noted that Russian gas could not be competitive without Moscow's "special discounts."