A new shipment of 90 million cubic meters of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the United States has arrived at Lithuania’s Klaipėda terminal and will soon be delivered to Ukraine.
State-owned energy group Ignitis Group will supply the gas to Ukraine for the first time, in cooperation with Ukrainian energy company Naftogaz, the company announced.
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda said this is the fourth LNG shipment from the US to Klaipėda in less than a year.
“The gas will continue its journey through Lithuania’s and Poland’s pipelines, as well as the GIPL international gas link, to Ukraine,” Nausėda wrote on Facebook. “No matter how aggressively Russia attacks Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, Ukraine can rely on the support of its friends, including Lithuania.”
Energy Minister Žygimantas Vaičiūnas emphasised that the goal is to deliver the gas to Ukraine as quickly as possible.
“We have found ways to use infrastructure more efficiently and provide real assistance to the people of Ukraine as quickly as possible,” he said.
Last November, Ukraine’s largest private energy company, DTEK, also imported US LNG through the Klaipėda terminal.
The Lithuanian transmission system operator Amber Grid recently reported that under the Baltic, Poland and Finland’s Amber Gas Corridor initiative, gas exports from Lithuania to Poland rose 90% over the past three months compared with the same period last year, reaching 2.1 terawatt-hours (TWh).
“Ukraine’s energy situation increases the strategic importance of this route,” said Amber Grid CEO Nemunas Biknius. “The corridor allows the war-torn country to secure gas supplies from LNG terminals in the Baltic region.”
This shipment underscores Lithuania’s growing role in supporting Ukraine’s energy security amid ongoing regional tensions.
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