A little more than a month remains before the transition from injection to withdrawal from underground storage facilities.
In August, the volume of gas transported from the EU to Ukraine amounted to almost 567 million m3.
In August, Gazprom announced that it expected to supply 5.6 billion cubic meters of gas via the pipeline this year.
Zelenskyy noted that Angela Merkel is guided by pragmatic considerations in relations with Russia.
The exact date of the gas pipeline launch has not yet been announced.
Gazprom refused to book additional capacities for gas transit through Ukraine.