However, the USA showed great opposition to the project on the grounds that Europe was becoming too dependent on Russia and the fact that by bypassing Ukraine with the gas transit, the country lost a significant source of income.
Kortini vísti USA stóran mótvilja móti verkætlanini við teirri grundgeving, at Evropa fór at gerast alt ov bundið at Russlandi og tí sannroynd, at við at leggja gassflutningin uttan um Ukraina, so misti landið møguleikan fyri eini týðandi inntøku.