Thirteen EU countries have been fully or partially cut off from gas supplies from Russia. the deputy head of the European Commission Directorate for Energy reported in the profile committee of the European Parliament.

Thirteen countries are partially or completely cut off from Russian gas, she said.

According to the deputy head of the EC directorate, the risk of disruption of gas supplies is very strong and is even getting stronger.

Earlier, the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, stated that the level of filling the storage facilities with gas was 80%.

Prior to that, the head of the EC said that amid the energy crisis an urgent reform of the European electricity market is being prepared. According to her, the soaring electricity prices in the EU demonstrated all the shortcomings of the electricity market in the union.