The cessation of Russian gas exports to Europe via Ukraine “is one of Moscow’s biggest defeats,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday.
“When (Vladimir) Putin took power in Russia more than 25 years ago, the annual amount of gas delivered through Ukraine to Europe was more than 130 billion cubic meters. Today, the transit of Russian gas is at zero, which is one of Moscow’s biggest defeats.” , Zelenski wrote on social networks.
Exports of Russian natural gas to Europe, via Soviet-era pipelines that pass through Ukraine, were halted in the early hours of the new year as a transit contract expired and warring Moscow and Kiev failed to reach an agreement on continuing the flow.
The European Union has redoubled its efforts to reduce dependence on Russian energy after the outbreak of a military conflict in Ukraine in 2022, looking for alternative sources, writes Tportal.
This move by Ukraine caused apprehension in certain EU countries, above all Slovakia, whose president Robert Fico even threatened to respond with reciprocal measures to Ukraine.
(Vijesti.ba)
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