Ukraine to supply Germany with electricity to cut reliance on Russia, says PM Shmyhal

Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, during his visit to Berlin, said that his country is prepared to supply Germany with electricity in order to help alleviate energy crisis witnessed by Europe’s largest economy as well as help bloc cut its dependence on Russian energy imports. In a statement to German news agency DPA, Shmyhal said: "Currently, Ukraine exports its electricity to Moldova, Romania, Slovakia, and Poland. But we are quite rey to expand our exports to Germany."

"We have a sufficient amount of electricity in Ukraine thanks to our nuclear power plants," Ukraine's premier stated, agreeing to fulfil Germany's electricity needs. 

Shmyhal arrived in Berlin on September 3 and is slated to meet Chancellor Olaf Scholz on September 4. Ukrainian minister reiterated that Ukraine has a surplus in capacity for electricity exports as its own consumption has drastically fallen since Russian invasion. Russia 

Germany’s federal regulator and industrial giant Siemens Energy have questioned Russia’s reasoning for not resuming gas deliveries that it slashed via Nord Stream 1 pipeline under Baltic Sea citing technical repairs. Germany lambasted Russian President Vlimir Putin for using gas as a weapon in a hybrid war between Ukraine and West. 

'Won't succumb to Russia's blackmailing'

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock h earlier lambasted Russia, saying that her country has to "put an end to self-deception that we ever received cheap gas from Russia." She ded that Berlin paid for Moscow's gas supply with its "security and independence." In an interview with  German newspaper Bild, Baerbock denounced Russia's authoritarian leer Vlimir Putin for stopping gas flow to Europe and held him responsible for war and devastation in Ukraine. "Ukrainians paid for it thousands of times with ir lives," Annalena Baerbock said, ding that gas pipeline for Russia has turned into "weapons of a hybrid war." 

German foreign minister Baerbock h earlier warned Russia that  European Union won't succumb to its "blackmailing" after its state corporation Gazprom slashed gas supply through Nord Stream 1 pipeline linking Russia and Germany to half. She labelled move as Russia’s 'tactic' and yet anor attempt to divide EU nations.