INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The decades-long transit of Russian natural gas to Europe via Ukraine ended on Wednesday, officials in Moscow and Kyiv confirmed, as the key
energy arrangement fell victim to the war between the two neighbors.Russian gas had flowed through Ukrainian pipelines since the collapse of
the Soviet Union in 1991, generating revenue for Moscow and transit fees for Kyiv
saying that gas transit through Ukraine ceased at 8:00 a.m
EU members have drastically reduced reliance on Russian gas, some Eastern European countries still depend on it for both logistical and
Hungary, for example, remains largely unaffected by the transit halt, as it receives Russian gas via the TurkStream pipeline that bypasses
Ukraine through Turkey and the Balkans.Others, including Slovakia, now face heightened pressure to draw from reserves and secure additional
liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports
time prices have reached that level in over a year.Despite the disruption, the European Commission sought to reassure member states, saying
