Naftogaz office in KyivMOSCOW, Mar 22 Head of Naftogaz Ukrainy Yuriy Vitrenko said that the country will continue to transit Russian gas to Europe as long as it is technically possible. «The issue of transit through Ukraine to Europe is very complex. It is being discussed at the highest political level and not only in Ukraine. At the moment, the solution is that, as long as it is technically possible, we continue the transit of Russian gas… As the head of the company, I must provide uninterrupted transit as long as we have the technical ability to provide such transit,» Vitrenko said in an interview with Bloomberg TV. The head of Naftogaz also said that Russian forces in the course of a special operation in Ukraine are trying not to damage the infrastructure through which gas is transited through the country. Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to abuse and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» To this end, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine» bloody crimes against civilians» of Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. With the support of the Russian Armed Forces, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive, but there is no talk of the occupation of Ukraine, the President of Russia emphasized. we can't refuse Russian gas
