Ukraine will receive its first liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipment via Lithuania’s Klaipėda LNG terminal under a new supply arrangement involving state-owned Naftogaz, according to Ukrainian authorities on February 26.
First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine, Minister of Energy Denys Shmyhal, stated that Lithuania’s state-owned energy group Ignitis would supply 90 million cubic meters of LNG to Ukraine through the Klaipėda terminal, with deliveries planned through the end of March.
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Shmyhal said the route would help diversify supply as Russia continues to attack Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.
Lithuania’s Energy Minister Žygimantas Vaičiūnas said the two sides aimed to build on supplies through the “Independence” terminal and develop them into a longer-term option via the “Amber Gas Corridor.
Ukraine is set to receive its first LNG cargo via Lithuania’s Klaipeda terminal. @NaftogazUkraine, working with Ignitis Group, will deliver 90 million m³ of gas by end-March. We are diversifying supply because, under russia’s energy terror, every new route is a security asset. In…
— Denys Shmyhal (@Denys_Shmyhal) February 26, 2026
Naftogaz CEO Serhii Koretskyi said the route would help secure supplies for the current and next heating seasons.
The announcement comes as Slovakia has warned it could halt emergency electricity supplies to Ukraine amid a dispute over disrupted Russian oil transit through the Druzhba pipeline, with Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico saying the cutoff would begin on February 23.
Earlier, it was reported that Lithuania and Estonia announced new military and energy support for Ukraine, including a forthcoming US LNG shipment expected to reach Ukraine via the Klaipėda LNG terminal.
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