The wheat fields as far as he looks … but not only. As part of their recent agreement, Kyiv and Washington will create an investment fund for the reconstruction of Ukraine that will receive 50% of royalties extracted from projects related to the exploitation of natural resources in the country that will retain property and control, as well as its infrastructure.
And these resources are not limited to rare or mineral earths, including Ukraine, which concentrates about 5% of global mining resources, is the 40th producer worldwide, all combined categories (coal included) according to the world publication of mining data in 2024.
Among the 57 types of natural resources in question, there are also gas and oil that Ukraine produces more and more, particularly from the deterioration of its relations with the Russian neighbor. According to the media, Russia, which has invaded its Ukrainian neighbor three years ago, has also been aimed at oil production sites and a gas especially concentrated mainly in the Poltava (Center) and Kharkiv (Northeast) regions. The Russian Ministry of Defense believes that these “Energy and Gas Infrastructure” feed the “military-industrial complex”.
Amputated gas production capabilities in almost 50%
These repeated attacks, which Ukraine also leads to Russian energy infrastructure, particularly damaging kyiv’s gas production capabilities. The Russian attacks the gas infrastructure during the winter thus reduced the national production of gas in Ukraine in half, the Ukrainian Prime Minister announced earlier, who in particular hopes to compensate for these losses for imports with a view to next winter.
Russia Libra Energía, especially electrical, Ukrainian facilities since the beginning of its large -scale offensive against Ukraine in 2022, but it was last winter, according to the media, which began to specifically go to oil production sites and especially gas. “This winter, the enemy has made a series of mass attacks against the Ukrainian gas production infrastructure” and “inflicted losses that increase to almost 50% of all production,” said Prime Minister Denys Chmygal, according to a video transmitted by his press service.
The Government seeks to “diversify energy supply sources to have sufficient volume of gas next winter,” he continued. He also promised to simplify the procedures for private companies working in the sector to “accelerate” national production.
Almost 20 billion cubic meters of gas produced last year
At the end of March, the Ukrainian media estimated that the country had already lost almost 40% of their gas production capabilities and would now be forced to import considerable volumes next winter. National gas production decreased by 6% in 2022, with the beginning of the Russian invasion, before recovering slightly the following year. In 2024, Ukraine had produced more than 19 billion cubic meters, a 2% increase compared to 2023, according to experts.
This country has crossed winter using only its own gas, for the first time in its history, according to the National Company Naftagaz. On March 28, the energy operator accused Russia of hitting its gas infrastructure, in violation of a fragile agreement announced by Washington and is supposed to prohibit strikes in the energy sites, qualifying this strike as a Russian “attempt” as a “soft energy stability” of Ukraine. Previously depending strongly on Russian gas, the country began ten years ago to successfully pass other suppliers and develop its own production.
Source: BFM TV
