{"id":4028,"date":"2025-11-03T23:05:50","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T21:05:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/?p=4028"},"modified":"2025-11-03T23:05:50","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T21:05:50","slug":"ukraine-ne-vystachaie-750-mln-for-the-winter-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/economics\/ukraine-ne-vystachaie-750-mln-for-the-winter-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine needs $750 million for gas purchases"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Ukraine lacks $750 million for gas purchases<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"339\" data-end=\"565\">President <strong data-start=\"349\" data-end=\"373\">Volodymyr Zelenskyy<\/strong> said that Ukraine currently does not have the full financial resources to ensure the purchase of the required volumes of natural gas. According to him, <strong data-start=\"518\" data-end=\"562\">the deficit is about $750 million<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"567\" data-end=\"570\" \/>\n<h2 data-start=\"572\" data-end=\"625\">Insufficient funding before the heating season<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"627\" data-end=\"841\">Zelensky stressed that the government has already accumulated most of the funds needed for the heating season, but <strong data-start=\"750\" data-end=\"788\">there is still a critical shortage<\/strong> to finalise contracts with gas suppliers.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"845\" data-end=\"1035\">\u201cUkraine must be ready for winter, but we lack about $750 million to fully finance gas purchases. This is a matter of energy stability of the country,\u201d the President said.<\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"1037\" data-end=\"1040\" \/>\n<h2 data-start=\"1042\" data-end=\"1096\">International support is key to energy security<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"1098\" data-end=\"1269\">The President addressed international partners <strong data-start=\"1145\" data-end=\"1194\">EU, US and international financial institutions<\/strong>, calling for assistance to Ukraine to cover its energy deficit.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1271\" data-end=\"1439\">We are talking about <strong data-start=\"1283\" data-end=\"1361\">Possible allocation of additional loans, grants or concessional financing<\/strong> from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the World Bank.<\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"1441\" data-end=\"1444\" \/>\n<h2 data-start=\"1446\" data-end=\"1486\">Gas reserves and energy system risks<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"1488\" data-end=\"1689\">According to the government, <strong data-start=\"1505\" data-end=\"1581\">over 14 billion cubic metres of gas have already been accumulated in Ukrainian storage facilities<\/strong>, However, this is not enough to fully ensure a stable passage through the winter without additional purchases.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1691\" data-end=\"1890\">Experts emphasise that <strong data-start=\"1715\" data-end=\"1829\">Lack of funding could affect tariffs, the rhythm of gas supply and the stability of the energy system<\/strong>, especially in the event of new Russian attacks on critical infrastructure.<\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"1892\" data-end=\"1895\" \/>\n<h2 data-start=\"1897\" data-end=\"1930\">EU considers aid options<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"1932\" data-end=\"2185\">Brussels is considering the possibility of <strong data-start=\"1966\" data-end=\"2023\">providing short-term financial support to Ukraine<\/strong> to cover part of the energy budget deficit. According to diplomats, the issue may be included in the new EU aid package being discussed in November.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u0423\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0456 \u0431\u0440\u0430\u043a\u0443\u0454 $750 \u043c\u043b\u043d \u0434\u043b\u044f \u0437\u0430\u043a\u0443\u043f\u0456\u0432\u043b\u0456 \u0433\u0430\u0437\u0443 \u041f\u0440\u0435\u0437\u0438\u0434\u0435\u043d\u0442 \u0412\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0434\u0438\u043c\u0438\u0440 \u0417\u0435\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u043f\u043e\u0432\u0456\u0434\u043e\u043c\u0438\u0432, \u0449\u043e \u0423\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0430 \u043d\u0430\u0440\u0430\u0437\u0456 \u043d\u0435 \u043c\u0430\u0454 \u043f\u043e\u0432\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0444\u0456\u043d\u0430\u043d\u0441\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0440\u0435\u0441\u0443\u0440\u0441\u0443 \u0434\u043b\u044f \u0437\u0430\u0431\u0435\u0437\u043f\u0435\u0447\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044f \u0437\u0430\u043a\u0443\u043f\u0456\u0432\u043b\u0456 \u043d\u0435\u043e\u0431\u0445\u0456\u0434\u043d\u0438\u0445 \u043e\u0431\u0441\u044f\u0433\u0456\u0432 \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0434\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0433\u0430\u0437\u0443. \u0417\u0430 \u0439\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0441\u043b\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043c\u0438, \u0434\u0435\u0444\u0456\u0446\u0438\u0442 \u0441\u0442\u0430\u043d\u043e\u0432\u0438\u0442\u044c \u0431\u043b\u0438\u0437\u044c\u043a\u043e $750 \u043c\u0456\u043b\u044c\u0439\u043e\u043d\u0456\u0432. \u041d\u0435\u0434\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0430\u0442\u043d\u0454 \u0444\u0456\u043d\u0430\u043d\u0441\u0443\u0432\u0430\u043d\u043d\u044f \u043f\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0434 \u043e\u043f\u0430\u043b\u044e\u0432\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0438\u043c \u0441\u0435\u0437\u043e\u043d\u043e\u043c \u0417\u0435\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u043d\u0430\u0433\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0441\u0438\u0432, \u0449\u043e \u0443\u0440\u044f\u0434 \u0443\u0436\u0435 \u0430\u043a\u0443\u043c\u0443\u043b\u044e\u0432\u0430\u0432 \u0431\u0456\u043b\u044c\u0448\u0443 \u0447\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0438\u043d\u0443 \u043a\u043e\u0448\u0442\u0456\u0432, \u043d\u0435\u043e\u0431\u0445\u0456\u0434\u043d\u0438\u0445 \u0434\u043b\u044f \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0445\u043e\u0434\u0436\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044f \u043e\u043f\u0430\u043b\u044e\u0432\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0441\u0435\u0437\u043e\u043d\u0443, \u043e\u0434\u043d\u0430\u043a \u043d\u0430\u0440\u0430\u0437\u0456 [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":207433346,"featured_media":4029,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_title":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_focus_keyword":"$750 \u043c\u043b\u043d \u0434\u043b\u044f \u0437\u0430\u043a\u0443\u043f\u0456\u0432\u043b\u0456 \u0433\u0430\u0437\u0443","td_subtitle":"","subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[805618],"tags":[806753],"class_list":{"0":"post-4028","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economics","8":"tag-806753"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/207433346"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4028"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4028\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4030,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4028\/revisions\/4030"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}