Zelenskyy: Russia will do everything to prevent Ukraine from producing gas

The Russian Federation will do everything to prevent Ukraine from producing gas, the task is to ensure that Ukraine has money to import it, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said.

"Russia will do everything to prevent us from producing our gas. They will do everything. It will be difficult to protect all this. The task is to have money for imports at the same time, so that people have gas. And we understand the amount of money. And we believe that we will be ready for this," Zelenskyy said during a press conference with Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof on Monday.

According to the president, Ukraine will be ready for all relevant challenges with energy, and daily work is being done on this. Zelenskyy stressed that Ukraine will step by step increase its defense so that the Russians also feel what "we feel."

At the same time, the head of state noted that Ukraine does not kill the enemy's civilian population, but responds and strikes at military facilities and energy facilities that sell energy resources to the Russian military machine.

"I believe that Ukraine is making absolutely fair progress. We would be happy not to do this, we would be happy if there was no war, but the Russians do not want this. For now. And therefore, only pressure can stop this war," the president added.

He stated that today there is not enough pressure from Western countries, in particular Europe and the United States, on the Russia.