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and since December 2020 it has been from around 150 flights a day to more than energy ties with the aggressor. If we can
supplied to Europe. 2,000 flights since airlines began avoiding do it, the rest of Europe can do it too,”
Russian airspace following sanctions President Gitanas Nauseda tweeted.
imposed on Moscow, according to LNG terminal operator Klaipedos Nafta
Ukraine maintains the FlightRadar24. Avoiding Russian airspace indicates that three large LNG cargoes will
has added two to three hours’ flight time,
reach the terminal each month, which is
balance of the country’s raising fuel consumption along with planned to be enough for all customers.
Additional gas can also be delivered to
aircraft, crew, maintenance and insurance
fuel supply (ACMI) costs, which can be up to $8,000 Lithuania via the gas link with Latvia and
an hour.
from May 1 – through the gas link with
Ukraine has managed to maintain a stable “When we factored in a stop in Poland.
fuel supply, said the Prime Minister of Turkmenistan, we realised you could “In 2015, Lithuania received 100% of its
Ukraine Denis Shmyhal, UBN reported save some $30,000,” Larry Coyne, CEO of natural gas from Russia. In 2020 more than
on 5 April. This is despite the continual Coyne Airways, told the Load Star news 60% was still received from Russian energy
attacks on the country’s fuel supply by website. producers,” tweeted Defence Minister
Russian forces. “Not all flights will need to refuel, but Arvydas Anusauskas.
Ukraine has abolished the excise tax many freighters already stop in Bishkek Latvia and Estonia have also announced
and reduced the VAT to bolster the oil or Almaty. Turkmenistan has cheaper the same decision to end Russian gas
products market. “We work separately with fuel and is on a direct route to China. shipments.
our fuel suppliers. We completely removed We looked at fuel prices in a basket of
the excise tax on gasoline and diesel fuel airports, and found it was between $200
and reduced the VAT from 20% to 7%. It and $250 cheaper. And airlines don’t have Russia continues to strike
allowed the fuel price at gas stations to to deviate,” he added.
fall by almost UAH10,” the prime minister The Turkmenistan airports are offering Ukraine’s oil refineries and
said. According to Shmyhal, although there fuel at $850 a tonne, including delivery.
is a fuel shortage due to Russian attacks on fuel depots
oil depots and specific logistical gaps, the
country has maintained the balance of its Lithuania becomes first EU Russia has struck an oil refinery in
fuel supply. Kremenchuk, Poltava Oblast and other oil
Russian missile attacks against Ukraine’s country to stop Russian gas facilities near the city of Odesa. The refinery
fuel infrastructure have increased in Kremenchuk was Ukraine’s only oil
markedly in the past two weeks as part of imports refinery. The mayor of the town confirmed
Moscow’s apparent new “shift in strategy.” the destruction of the refinery via rocket
Many analysts have stated that Russia’s Lithuania is the first EU country to have attack on 2 April.
focus has shifted from a swift decapitation entirely ceased importing Russian gas, the On 1 April, Russia actually levied the
or forced surrender of the Zelenskiy country’s energy ministry announced. accusation that Ukraine had conducted a
government in Kyiv to the encircling of The move to become fully independent strike against a Russian fuel depot inside
Ukrainian forces in “cauldrons” in the from Russian gas was made in response to Russian territory in the city of Belgorod.
Donbas region in eastern Ukraine. Russia’s energy blackmail of Europe and the Ukraine has denied the allegations. Russia
war in Ukraine. claims that two Ukrainian helicopters flew
“We are the first EU country among at low altitude to avoid radar detection and
Turkmenistan authorities Gazprom’s supply countries to gain successfully managed to destroy a fuel depot
in the city.
independence from Russian gas supplies,
allow Coyne Airways to sell and this is the result of a multi-year fuel infrastructure have increased markedly
Russian missile attacks against Ukraine’s
coherent energy policy and timely
jet fuel at four airports to infrastructure decisions,” said Lithuania’s in the past two weeks as part of Moscow’s
apparent new “shift in strategy.” Many
energy minister Dainius Kreivys.
planes avoiding Russian Lithuanian gas transmission system analysts have stated that Russia’s focus has
This is confirmed by the data of the
shifted from a swift decapitation or forced
airspace operator Amber Grid, which showed that surrender of the Zelenskiy government in
Kyiv to the encircling of Ukrainian forces in
on Saturday the import of Russian gas for
Authorities in Turkmenistan have given Lithuania’s needs through the Lithuanian- “cauldrons” in the Donbas region in eastern
Coyne Airways a licence to sell Turkmen Belarusian interconnection was equal to 0 Ukraine.
jet fuel at four airports around the country, MWh. The destruction of oil depots is a key part
with the number of flights passing over the The alternative to Russian gas is of this strategy, as it limits the Ukrainian
country jumping given the Ukraine war importing gas from multiple countries armed forces’ ability to manoeuvre
sanctions that apply to Russian airspace. through Klaipeda’s liquefied natural gas effectively. The destruction of the oil depots
The airports are Turkmenbashi in the (LNG) terminal, symbolically called in Odesa will limit the ability to resupply
west, Dashoguz in the north, Ashgabat in “Independence”. Ukrainian forces to counterattack in the
the south and Mary in the east. The terminal was established a decade region of Mykolaiv nearby.
Flights in the corridor over Georgia, ago. “Years ago my country made decisions
Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan have grown that today allow us with no pain to break

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