Ukraine Urges Canada Not To Hand Over Gas Turbine To Russia

Ukraine opposes the delivery of a turbine from Canada to Russia’s Gazprom that Moscow says is critical for gas supplies to Germany, and Kyiv believes such a move would defy sanctions on Russia, a Ukrainian ministry source said on Thursday. Energy. A senior energy ministry source told Reuters that Kyiv opposed the move and that its energy minister had pressured Canada in June not to hand over the turbine operated by Germany’s Siemens Energy ENR1n.DE, SIEGn.DE to Canada. “The sanctions prohibit the transportation of any equipment related to natural gas,” the energy ministry source said. “If, God forbid, this decision is adopted, we will no doubt appeal to our European colleagues that their approach needs to be reassessed. Because if countries do not follow the decisions they have agreed on sanctions, how can we talk about solidarity?” (Reporting by Sergiy Karazy and Max Hunder in KyivWriting by Tom Balmforth Editing by Matthew Lewis)