Zelensky: Nord Stream 2 Gas Pipeline is a Threat to Europe

Kyiv stands for diversification of energy sources and energy cooperation between Poland, U.S.A. and Ukraine, said Volodymyr Zelensky at a press conference in Warsaw. The being built Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is “as it poses a threat to all of Europe”, stated President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky at a joint press conference with his Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda in Warsaw on Saturday, August 31. According to the head of state, Kyiv stands for diversifying energy sources, as well as energy cooperation in the Poland-US-Ukraine triangle”. The United States, Poland and Ukraine have signed a trilateral memorandum of understanding aimed at securing the energy supplies of Poland and Ukraine with liquified natural gas (LNG) from the United States to Poland, and then to Ukraine. The Polish government’s chief energy strategist Piotr Naimski told reporters that by 2021, Poland would be able to supply Ukraine with six billion cubic meters of natural gas per year. DW