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Russian gas is no longer sent through Ukraine.
This was announced by Ukraine’s energy minister on Wednesday morning Danish time, according to Reuters.
The Minister of Energy says that this is done to safeguard Ukraine’s national security.
In December, both the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, and the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, confirmed that by the turn of the year, it would be the end of sending Russian gas through Ukraine to several European countries.
The large Russian gas company Gazprom also says, according to Reuters, that the export of gas to Europe through Ukraine has been stopped on Wednesday morning.
It happened at 8 o’clock Wednesday morning Russian time, which corresponds to 6 o’clock Danish time, according to Gazprom.
“It is a significant geopolitical moment”, says Tom Marzec-Manser, an independent analyst for the Guardian.
“One of the major gas arteries connecting Russian gas reserves with Europe is being closed, which may mean that Eastern European countries will import gas from the Northern European markets to a greater extent.
It is the large Urengoy-Pomary-Uzhgorod pipeline, which will no longer transport Russian gas to Europe.
The gas pipeline is one of the last main Russian gas lines to Europe, and at the turn of the year on Wednesday, a five-year contract that has brought North Siberian gas to Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Austria expires.
The contract has not been extended.
European consumption of Russian gas has been severely curtailed since Russia invaded Ukraine.
Source: politiken.dk
