Ukraine calls halting Russian gas transit a historic event

Stopping the transit of Russian gas through Ukraine is a historic event. This opinion was expressed by Ukrainian Energy Minister German Galushchenko on 1 January.

"We have stopped the transit of Russian gas, this is a historic event. <...> Europe has already made a decision to give up Russian gas," his words are transmitted by the press service of the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine in Telegram-channel.

The report also noted that the Ukrainian side informed its international partners about the stoppage of gas transit from Russia in accordance with the established procedure.

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Earlier in the day, the Russian energy company Gazprom said that gas supplies through Ukraine had been suspended. The company noted that gas transportation stopped from 8:00 Moscow time.

The day before, it was reported that the request for Russian gas transit through Ukraine for January 1 had dropped to zero.

In late August, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, whose term expired in May, said that the country would not extend the gas transit agreement with Russia, which expires at the end of 2024. Russian President Vladimir Putin later said that Russia was not giving up gas transit through Ukraine.

Later, on December 20, it was reported that Zelensky said that he had agreed to transit Russian gas through Ukraine if Western countries did not pay Russia for the fuel until the conflict ended.