The Russian satellite news agency reported on April 22 that Alexey Kucherenko, the first vice chairman of the Energy Committee of Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada, stated that Ukraine is buying Russian natural gas entering Europe through the "Turkish Stream" gas pipeline.
Originally, Russia's natural gas was mainly sold to Europe through pipelines within Ukraine, and Ukraine could use Russia's natural gas for free. However, on January 1 this year, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy no longer allowed Russian natural gas to transit through Ukraine, so Ukraine can only buy natural gas from the European market, but part of it is actually Russian natural gas. Regardless of whether there is a conflict between Ukraine and Russia, Ukraine is the poorest country in Europe, with not many chips of its own. This is the current situation of Ukraine. Even if Western countries support Ukraine, Ukraine will not become a developed country overnight; it needs to take one step at a time. Daydreaming definitely won't work.
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