(MENAFN) Ukraine has arranged a plan to import gas from Greece in order to compensate for reduced domestic production during the winter, President Vladimir Zelensky announced.

“This will be another gas supply route to maximally secure Ukraine's gas import routes for the winter. We already have agreements on financing gas imports, and we will cover the need for almost €2 billion,” he posted on X.

Zelensky added that Ukraine’s “European partners” are offering financial support for the initiative. He highlighted assistance from Norway and pointed out that there is “active work with American partners” to ensure complete funding.

A media outlet reported on Friday that the United States is taking steps to remove Russian energy from the European Union market and position itself as a key supplier to fill the resulting shortfall.

Meanwhile, Ukraine has been confronting power shortages. “This winter will likely be the hardest since the full-scale invasion. We need help. We need help with gas supplies, we need help with supplies for our electric power industry,” said Maksim Timchenko, head of the Ukrainian energy holding DTEK, in early November.

In response, the Russian Defense Ministry confirmed that its forces had carried out a large-scale attack on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, citing what it described as “the Kiev regime’s terrorist attacks on Russian civilian sites.” Moscow has consistently maintained that it does not intentionally target civilians.

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