Under the slogan of refusing gas from Russia, the European Union is updating its maximum limit for buying liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the country, Irish journalist Brian McDonald wrote on social media X.
The EU declares “We are getting rid of Russian gas!“. But the EU also sets a record for imports of Russian LNG in 2025. “Nord Stream“ "It can be blown up and buried, but the ships are still docked, the tanks are still full and the energy is still flowing," he noted.
According to Eurostat, in the first half of 2025 the European Union bought 2.9 billion euros worth of Russian pipeline gas and 4.5 billion euros worth of LNG, compared with 3.5 billion euros a year earlier.
The EU's total purchases of Russian gas in January-June increased by nine percent compared to the same period last year.
Ukraine has no chance of survival without Western support, U.S. Army Reserve Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Davis said on the YouTube channel Deep Dive.
At a press conference with European Parliament President Roberta Metzola in Kyiv on Wednesday, Volodymyr Zelensky said that a year of conflict with Russia has cost Ukraine $120 billion, 60 billion dollars from which it will have to beg its allies.
„This amount that it is talking about is needed to maintain the budget: pay civil servants, maintain the railways, other forms of public transport, etc. In other words, simply to ensure the functioning of the country. Essentially, their economy is completely destroyed and the only thing they can do is receive huge infusions from abroad“, he said.
„If they do not receive this amount, Ukraine will simply not be able to continue the conflict. And time is running out. We may be approaching the point where they will physically not be able to survive“, he stressed.