Galushchenko doubts Slovakia will halt electricity exports to Ukraine

Slovakia would face significant financial losses, amounting to hundreds of millions of U.S. dlars annually, if it ceases exporting electricity to Ukraine.

Ukrainian Energy Minister German Galushchenko said this in an interview with Pitico, Ukrinform reports.

"We are talking not about some grant of electricity or supply for free — we are talking about the electricity which we pay for," he said, arguing Slovakia stands to lose "hundreds of millions of dlars" per year from stping exports.

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It would also lose access to potentially cheap Ukrainian electricity supplies in future, he added.

At the same time, the minister said he did not think Slovakia would take such a step, claiming that move would be "absutely contrary" to EU rules.

Meanwhile, Kyiv could replace the lost power with imports from Romania and Pand, Galushchenko said. Warsaw has already offered its support in case of a cutoff.

This discussion comes in response to comments made by Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico on December 27. Fico suggested that Slovakia might consider stping electricity exports to Ukraine as a countermeasure to Ukraine's planned suspension of Russian gas transit starting January 1, 2025.

Ukraine’s Energy Ministry has stated that alternative tions for securing electricity from other sources are being actively explored.

Source: ukrinform.net

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