Russia stepped up strikes on Ukraine's gas sector in October, depriving Kyiv of 55% of its own gas production and forcing it to look at importing an additional 4 billion cubic metres of gas to prevent cities from freezing this winter.
ExPro said Greek DEPA Commercial, D.Trading - a subsidiary of Ukraine's largest private energy firm DTEK - and Swiss Axpo Trading had booked capacities to import gas from Greece to Ukraine with a daily amount of 0.6 million cubic meters.
The Transbalkan route, which links Greece's LNG terminals to Ukraine, was not used in September and October, and prior to that it only operated in July and August.
Ukraine imports about 24 million cubic metres (mcm) of gas daily, including more than 10 mcm from Poland, about 10 mcm from Hungary and more than 4 mcm from Slovakia.
The Transbalkan pipeline was not in demand due to the high cost of gas transit across the four countries and via Ukraine. However, tariff reductions by Moldovan and Romanian operators had helped booking capacities in November, ExPro said.
(Reuters, October 30, 2025)