The accident at the transit gas pipeline Urengoy-Pomary-Uzhgorod, by which gas from Russia comes in the European Union, will not affect European consumers, said Last news on Tuesday, partner and analyst of the consulting Agency RusEnergy Mikhail krutihin.

first in mass media appeared information that the gas pipeline Urengoy-Pomary-Uzhgorod in the district of lohvica Poltava region of Ukraine exploded.

As stated Last news in the press service of the Ministry of internal Affairs of Ukraine, the fire at the pipeline until not eliminated, on the damaged area is blocked off gas supply.

" There is not one pipeline, the gas may go in other directions, through Ukraine there are several routes ", Krutikhin maintains.

He is also sure that such catastrophes are eliminated rather quickly, and before that gas reserves enough to European consumers stayed and did not suffer much damage.

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