Russia’s energy giant Gazprom said Wednesday that gas exports to Europe through Ukraine would be interrupted beginning at 8:00 Moscow time (0500 GMT) due to the expiration of the transit agreement. The shutdown of Russia’s oldest gas pipeline to Europe marks the culmination of a decade of strained relations that started when Russia annexed Crimea in 2014. Russia still exports gas via the TurkStream pipeline in the Black Sea. The European Union stepped up its efforts to discover other energy sources to reduce its dependency on Russian energy when the military conflict in Ukraine began in 2022.
Early on January 1, 2025, the five-year gas transit agreement between Russia and Ukraine ended. Despite the ongoing conflict, Kyiv has consistently stated that it will not renew the arrangement. From January 1, 2025, Gazprom lost the technical and legal capacity to provide gas for transit through Ukrainian territory due to the Ukrainian side’s persistent and unambiguous refusal to renew these agreements,” the company said in a statement posted on the Telegram messaging app. The Russian gas supply for its delivery across Ukrainian territory was stopped at 8:00 Moscow time.
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