As winter gradually approaches, the EU's energy crisis has begun to attract more and more attention. Recently, EU announced the eighth round of sanctions against Russia, including related measures to set a price ceiling on Russian oil.
would rather take risks and pressure on themselves than support Kiev without hesitation. It has to be said that the EU has done its best to Ukraine. However, as soon as the sanctions plan was approved, they were backstabled from Kiev.
According to media reports, Ukrainian President Zelensky warned that Ukraine has been providing cheap electricity to Europe in the past, but this transaction method will be temporarily suspended due to the insufficient energy supply of the country. Zelensky also emphasized that Ukraine itself also needs electricity to survive the winter, and it will officially cut off supply to Europe within a few days or weeks.
It is worth mentioning that in March this year, Ukraine and Europe implemented energy systems to connect to the grid. Zelensky said at the time that Ukraine hoped to obtain natural gas from Europe, and Kiev would exchange cheap electricity. Now it seems that he obviously violated his original promise.
Although Ukraine's supply cuts should not lead to serious consequences in European countries, there will definitely be negative impacts. The peak period for electricity use is coming soon. Something happens at this time, which will make Europe's already tight power supply even worse.
In addition, this move also reflects that the EU's efforts to Ukraine are seriously inconsistent with its gains. If it pays blindly, it will not only not only not get any benefits, but will instead be stabbed at a critical moment, which will undoubtedly intensify the voices within the EU against continuing to aid Ukraine.
In fact, the European energy crisis is serious, which is well known. Due to energy shortage, EU member Bulgaria has decided to temporarily give up sanctions against Russia and consider signing a fuel supply agreement with Moscow to ensure the normal operation of government agencies.
instead of EU country Serbia has also recently bombarded the EU, accusing the latter of its wrong sanctions, causing the country's oil import costs to rise sharply, increasing by at least 20%. In fact, let alone these small countries, even Germany, the economic leader of the EU, can't stand the current situation.
AFP reported that German Vice Premier Habeck rarely criticized the United States for charging excessively high natural gas fees, which caused Germany to face some difficulties. But when we turn our heads, why don’t this be the case?
could have enjoyed Russia's stable energy supply, but Berlin insisted on following the trend for the so-called "political correctness", which greatly reduced the scale of natural gas imported from Russia. Affected by the supply and demand relationship, when supply decreases and demand increases, how can the United States, as an energy exporter, not cut leeks hard?
What is more ironic is that not long ago, the pipeline of "North Stream" 12 was blown up, and the whole of Europe was violently shocked. Although European countries know that this is human destruction, no one dares to say it out loud, and even deceives themselves and pushes the blame on Russia, which makes people laugh.
It is worth mentioning that Ukraine's sudden attack on Europe's pain points may not be due to its own energy shortage. Based on the recent situation, it is not ruled out that it is taking the opportunity to threaten the EU to increase its aid.
From the public information, we can find that among Western countries, in addition to the United States and Britain, the EU has become increasingly unscrupulous in supporting Kiev. In addition, the domestic protests are coming one after another, and it has greatly reduced the amount of aid.
But after Russia took over the four places in the east of Ukraine, it is planning to launch a counterattack. Kiev needs support more than ever before, so it plans to use electricity as a bargaining chip to force the EU to show more sincerity. But Zelensky may have ignored that anyone's patience has a limit.
EU countries have long been tired of being called around by Kiev. Zelensky's sword is a coincidence, and it is not ruled out that it will fail.And as mentioned above, Ukraine needs to import natural gas to the EU. Once they counterattack, Ukraine, which lacks natural gas, will probably be even more difficult this winter.
