Natural gas futures prices rose in European trading on Thursday to their highest levels since the beginning of this year after the forces announced Ukrainian Seizing the main Sudja natural gas transfer point.
Bloomberg News Agency reported that futures contracts rose by 5.8% to 38.79 euros ($42.42) per megawatt/hour, the highest daily increase since early June.
The unofficial Russian military blog Rebar reported that Ukrainian forces had captured a gas transit point near the Russian border town of Sudzha, but this has not been confirmed by independent sources.
The Russian gas giant refused. Gazprom Commenting on this news, the Ministry of Defense and the Ukrainian General Staff also declined to comment.
Traders are concerned about disruption to supplies through this point, which is one of the main remaining points operating in transporting Russian natural gas to Europe via pipelines, as fighting between Russians and Ukrainians increases on the Ukrainian border.
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Any disruption to the flow of Russian gas through this point would likely lead to higher prices, impacting consumers and industries as the search continues. Europe About a way out of the energy crisis resulting from the Russian-Ukrainian war that began in February 2022.
The company operating the gas pipeline network in Ukraine said in a statement that gas flow is expected to be within normal limits on Thursday.
By 5:53 PM ET, Amsterdam The Dutch benchmark contract rose 5.3% to €38.62 ($42.23) per megawatt-hour for delivery next month, before easing to €38.46 ($42.06) at the time of writing. Prices for these contracts have risen since the start of the European warehouse filling season in April.
